Animal Testing

The world’s first toxicology testing strategy without animal testing has been approved by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). The testing strategy consists of three so-called alternative methods. They can be used to predict whether a substance causes allergic reaction more

The Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS), with an established track record in the validation of alternatives to animal testing, is teaming up with BASF and Givaudan to validate an improved skin sensitization reactivity method to address the needs of toxicologists and regulators. Scientists at BASF more

UL, the science safety company, and Johns Hopkins University have embarked on joint research that has resulted in findings that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is superior in finding toxic substances to traditional animal testing. Beyond being more effective, UL's Cheminformatics REACHAcross™ software more

Publication date: 15 April 2018 Source:Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Volume 259 Author(s): Reuven Rasooly, Paula Do, Bradley J. Hernlem Staphylococcus aureus is a major causative agent implicated in outbreaks of food poisoning. It acts through the production of a range of toxins in more

Scientists using animals in lab research are pressing the federal government to ease regulations. Several major organizations representing the scientists, universities, and private laboratories issued a report this week asking Congress, the White House, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Na more

Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are increasingly infiltrating our lives as a result of their applications across multiple fields. However, ENM formulations may result in the modulation of pathways and mechanisms of toxic action that endanger human health and the environment. Alternative testing meth more

Although acute toxicity studies in animals are an indispensable prerequisite for the ­realisation of clinical trials in humans, these can only be projected to humans to a limited extent, and thus are scientifically problematic and ethically questionable. Therefore, the international regulatory authorities increasingly recommend the use of alternative in vitro methods in the framework of safety studies in accordance with the ”3R Principle“ (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement). more