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Basic research: Watching the ageing process of the brain in vitro
Thursday, 20 February 2025 10:45Prof. Frank Edenhofer, head of the Genomics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine research group at the University of Innsbruck, and his team have developed a human tissue model that can be used to watch the brain aging process.
JRC standardizes organ-on-a-chip technology
Wednesday, 19 February 2025 17:24The aim of standardization is to ensure that organ-on-a-chip devices can be used reliably and effectively for the development of new drugs, in personalized medicine and for safety testing of chemicals and consumer products such as cosmetics.
Education: ECVAM presents virtual laboratory for school children
Tuesday, 18 February 2025 15:03The European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (ECVAM) has presented a virtual laboratory developed for pupils aged between 14 and 18, but also for older school children. In a 20-minute film, a professor guides the "students" through research into a new alternative to animal testing.
ECVAM offers access to its laboratories
Tuesday, 18 February 2025 14:37The European Validation Authority EURL ECVAM offers users open access to its High-Throughput Testing laboratory.
Applied research in vitro: suitability of ASOs for therapy in rare diseases proven
Monday, 17 February 2025 16:01Using heart organoids, researchers from the Genomic Medicine Center and Children's Mercy Research Institute, the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City have demonstrated the efficacy of their antisense oligonucleotides in patients.
Basic research in vitro: environmental factors can influence brain development
Monday, 17 February 2025 14:13What specifically happens when developing nerve cells are exposed to “chronic” stress has been investigated by researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich using cell models of the developing brain.
Good news for animals: syphilis pathogen can be cultivated without animal testing
Friday, 14 February 2025 14:56For research purposes, the syphilis bacterium (Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum) could so far only be propagated in laboratory animals, especially rabbits. US researchers have now developed a method that enables the pathogen to be cultivated in cell cultures.
Constance: EU funding for AI developmental biology platform
Monday, 10 February 2025 11:52With his AI-supported platform “EmbryoNet-AI”, Professor Dr. Patrick Müller, an expert in developmental biology at the Department of Biology at University of Constance, aims to make drug research more efficient: Faster, cheaper and more accurate tests should replace animal testing.
REMINDER: only one week left for applications for EPAA Student grants 2025
Thursday, 06 February 2025 12:40The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) supports students and young scientists with outstanding work in the field of alternative approaches for attending a high-profile scientific event. The deadline for participation in MPS World summit as well as for the SETAC congress is 14 February 2025.
United States: Senators push to reduce animal testing in $5.5 billion research sector
Wednesday, 05 February 2025 10:24A group of Republican and Democratic senators has reintroduced a bill urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adopt modern alternatives to animal testing.
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