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Microscopy: Super-Resolution Using Barium Titanate Beads
Monday, 17 February 2014 20:47Smallest structures on a scale of 100 nanometres can be made clearly visible under a simple laboratory microscope at a low cost using tiny glass beads distributed across a cell sample.
EU Workshop: Animal Testing
Sunday, 09 February 2014 21:11On February 19, 2014, 8-9:30 am, there is a EU Workshop under the topic: Animal Testing - Science or Tradition? What Future for Alternatives to Animal Testing? hosted by Sidonia Jedrzejewska, Member of European Parliament, EEP, Polen.
ESTIV 2014: Deadline abstract submission extended
Wednesday, 05 February 2014 21:13For this year´s 18th International Congress of the European Society of Toxicology In Vitro (ESTIV), participants have the opportunity to apply a bit later. The deadline for submissions has been prolonged.
Conference on Alternatives for Development Neurotoxicity Testing
Wednesday, 29 January 2014 21:15Under the title “Toward Adverse Outcome Pathways and Fit-for-Purpose Assays for DNT” the fourth International Conference on Alternatives for Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing (DNT) will be held in Philadelphia, PA, from the 12th until the 14th of May 2014.
EU lab presents latest achievements on alternative test methods
Friday, 10 January 2014 21:21The European Union Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL Ecvam) has released a video on its work on chemical safety assessment without animal testing.
Fluorescence microscope combined with optical tweezers
Thursday, 02 January 2014 21:23One of the methods used for testing new pharmaceutical substances for their efficacy is on cells in vitro. To that end, scientists led by Stephan Stürwald at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT) have combined digital holographic microscopy with optical tweezers.
Baden-Württemberg to fund non-animal test methods
Sunday, 29 December 2013 21:25Four researchers based in Tübingen and Stuttgart-Hohenheim will receive funding from the State of Baden-Württemberg for the coming two years for their research on alternatives and complementary methods to animal experiments. The funding totals €400,000.
Stem cells to facilitate pharmaceutical tests for Alzheimer’s
Thursday, 19 December 2013 21:52Prof. Oliver Brüstle and his team of scientists from Bonn, Germany, have developed a new test with which they are able to test the effects of potential Alzheimer's drugs on human brain cells, with the aim of the test is to provide better results than animal experiments.
Coalition agreement in Hesse: Support for non-animal research
Thursday, 19 December 2013 21:29The coalition agreement from 18 December 2013 between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Green Party in the State of Hesse contains extensive passages for non-animal research.
Researchers discover ageing mechanism in blood stem cells
Thursday, 19 December 2013 21:27A research team led by Prof. Hartmut Geiger of University Hospital Ulm and colleagues from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have discovered that blood stem cells switch pathways in the course of their ageing process.
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