#Act4 LabAnimals Animal testing, a scientist’s opinion. Interview with Professor Maurice Whelan, head of EURL ECVAM, about animal testing 2 March 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have demonstrated the use of stem-cell-derived "mini-brains" to detect harmful side effects of a common drug on the developing brain. CAAT study: lab-grown mini-brains are a good alternative to traditional animal testing 24 February 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals This method may help in future modelling of skin-nanomaterials interactions and contribute to the replacement of animal testing of nanoproducts such as drugs and cosmetics. New method to trace nanoparticles in skin will contribute to replacing animals in tests 10 February 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Most people have heard about Moore’s law, the golden rule of the electronics industry, stating that computers’ processing power doubles every two years. How human-based in vivo, in vitro and in silico tools can make animal use in research obsolete 29 July 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The limitations of animal experimentation in improving human healthcare is overwhelming, but more than 11 million animals are still used in research every year in the EU alone. New book proposes ways to move away from animal experimentation 11 March 2019 ADI
#Act4 LabAnimals In an international collaboration of regulators and industry, JRC scientists contributed to the compilation of overarching principles for the safety assessment of cosmetics without animal testing. EC contributes to principles for new risk assessment of animal-free cosmetics 22 January 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals On 18 May 2018 Schweizer Tierschutz held its 11th annual meeting on the topic of animal testing. New contributions to the 3Rs and alternatives to animal testing 30 July 2018 Schweizer Tierschutz STS