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Giving meaning to alternative methods to animal testing
The 3 rd edition of the advanced theoretical-training course “ Giving meaning to alternative methods to animal testing ” was held in Genoa on July 6-7, 2017. The theoretical modules included talks by specialists from companies engaged in the field of advanced in vitro technologies, who offered participants the possibility to try out their technologies ...
Chiara Scanarotti
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Microglia Increase Inflammatory Responses in iPSC-Derived Human BrainSpheres
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), together with 21st century cell culture methods, have the potential to better model human physiology with applications in toxicology, disease modeling, and the study of host-pathogen interactions.
Celina Monteiro Abreu+9 more
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Author Guide for Addressing Animal Methods Bias in Publishing
There is growing recognition that animal methods bias, a preference for animal‐based methods where they are not necessary or where nonanimal‐based methods may already be suitable, can impact the likelihood or timeliness of a manuscript being accepted for
Catharine E. Krebs+8 more
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Predicting the Bioconcentration Factor in Fish from Molecular Structures
The bioconcentration factor (BCF) is one of the metrics used to evaluate the potential of a substance to bioaccumulate into aquatic organisms. In this work, linear and non-linear regression QSARs were developed for the prediction of log BCF using ...
Linda Bertato+2 more
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An Overview of Tissue Engineering as an Alternative for Toxicity Assessment [PDF]
Tissue engineering is a multidisciplinary field that combines aspects of biology, material sciences, engineering and medicine - the ultimate goal being able to fabricate replacement tissues and/or organs for an ageing population.
Chau, David Y.S., Garrod, Mathew
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Predicting toxicity of chemicals: software beats animal testing
We created earlier a large machine‐readable database of 10,000 chemicals and 800,000 associated studies by natural language processing of the public parts of Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) registrations until
Thomas Hartung
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Background Taking into consideration a recent surge of a lung injury condition associated with electronic cigarette use, we devised an in vitro model of sub-chronic exposure of human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) in air-liquid interface, to ...
Baishakhi Ghosh+7 more
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An Analysis of Animal Testing in Beauty Products and Its Ethicality [PDF]
Is Animal Testing in Cosmetics Products an Ethical Process? Some may think that there is an obvious answer to this question, however, this is an extremely debated topic around the world.
White, Erin
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Replacement Strategies for Animal Studies in Inhalation Testing
Animal testing is mandatory in drug testing and is the gold standard for toxicity and efficacy evaluations. This situation is expected to change in the future as the 3Rs principle, which stands for the replacement, reduction, and refinement of the use of
Eleonore Fröhlich
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A tiered approach to the use of alternatives to animal testing for the safety assessment of cosmetics: Eye irritation [PDF]
The need for alternative approaches to replace the in vivo rabbit Draize eye test for evaluation of eye irritation of cosmetic ingredients has been recognised by the cosmetics industry for many years.
Araki, Daisuke+14 more
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