As the European validation authority EURL ECVAM reports in its current newsletter, ECVAM will present its new AI database called BioMedModelHub (BiMMoH) at this year's World Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing (motto 3Rs Integrating 3 Worlds - human, Animal and Environmental Health). The database uses machine learning methods to analyze scientific publications from PubMed, identify models with high translational potential and thus support the reduction of animal testing.

The Humanimal Trust, based in Eashing, Surrey, England, finances multidisciplinary research to support the concept of One Medicine. The Connections Awards will fund the development of cross-sector partnerships and collaborations between human and veterinary researchers. The concept also aims to replace or reduce animal testing.

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), USA, is inviting the scientific community to submit project concepts to help them study New Approach Methodologies (NAMs). The goal is to build scientific confidence in human-based research models, with a focus on regulatory acceptance.

The Berlin University of Technology has just announced that the one-week laboratory course “Nucleic Acid Technologies” will no longer be taught using animal-derived materials or methods. The course is part of the “Molecular Medicine” module for students enrolled in the Master’s program in Biotechnology.