Author: Sherry Ward, AltTox Today’s NIH news release, “Seeking single cells’ secrets” (http://www.nih.gov/news/health/dec2014/nimh-30.htm), describes grants awarded in 2014 supported by the NIH Common Fund’s Single Cell Analysis Program (SCAP) (http://commonfund.nih.gov/Singlecell/index). The funded research topics were summarized in the news release as follows: One group of projects is validating and refining already established technologies for studying […]
Author: Horst Spielmann, Free University Berlin, Professor for Regulstory Toxicology & retired from ZEBET at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment The following Environment, Health and Safety publication is now available from the Series on Testing and Assessment Title: Guidance document for describing non-guideline in vitro test methods (No.211) http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/testing/seriesontestingandassessmentpublicationsbynumber.htm This guidance document is intended […]
Editor’s note: ECHA’s Tiiu Bräutigam interviewed Robert Landsiedel (BASF, Germany) and Wim de Jong (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands) for this article in the December issue of the ECHA Newsletter. Our thanks to ECHA for permission to republish the article for AltTox readers. You can read the entire December issue, […]
Almost £400,000 has been awarded across four research projects working to better understand the basic biology of human asthma – without the use of traditional mammalian models. The latest of the NC3Rs strategic award schemes has challenged scientists to approach asthma research questions in a completely novel way, encouraging them to seek alternatives to the […]
Author: Jessica Sandler, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals http://investing.businessweek.com/research/markets/news/article.asp?docKey=600-201412111108M2______EUPR_____bb8100000f54c8f2_3600-1 London – In a landmark decision that could save millions of animals from suffering and death in laboratory experiments, the European Ombudsman has determined that the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the agency responsible for overseeing the largest animal testing programme in the world, is […]
In this paper published recently in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, Marie-Jeanne W.A. Schiffelers and co-authors reconstruct and analyze the process of regulatory acceptance and use of the Extended One Generation Reproductive Toxicity Study as a replacement for the two generation study. (Disclosure: AltTox Management Team member Bas J. Blaauboer is one of the co-authors on […]
Author: Sherry Ward, AltTox Paul Allen has provided $100 million in support to launch the new Allen Institute for Cell Science in Seattle, Washington (http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/billionaire-paul-allen-pledges-100-million-cell-science-institute-n263601). The Institute will engage in projects that “study the cell as an integrated system” (http://www.alleninstitutecellscience.org/). As their first project, the Allen Cell Observatory intends to develop “novel visual, dynamic, predictive […]
Author: Sherry Ward, AltTox Two stories on cell authentication will air this week on NPR Morning Edition. The first piece lays out the issues around cell authentication and will air live at 5:33am Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 9th, and will be re-aired throughout the morning. The second is a follow-up story on the GBSI […]
Author: Sherry Ward, AltTox This three-part webinar series will provide participants with insightful tips for success on getting a patent or registering a trademark or copyright. Get answers from USPTO and U.S. Copyright Office senior intellectual property experts Elizabeth Dougherty, Anthony Knight, Susan Anthony, Craig Morris, and Sylvester Simpkins. The information shared will help you […]
“Scientists report a new method for establishing whether chemical compounds are safe for human use without ‘in vivo’ testing, based on so-called “molecular initiating events” at the boundary between chemistry and biology. If we can map the adverse outcome pathways of numerous molecules in the way that we have here, we will be able to […]
Author: Marilyn Matevia, HSUS Register now for webinars 3 and 4: “REACHing for alternatives to animal testing A webinar series on modern testing strategies for REACH The PETA International Science Consortium, Ltd., and Chemical Watch are presenting a free webinar series focusing on alternative methods and testing strategies that can be used to meet REACH […]
Author: Marilyn Matevia, HSUS “Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, conducts research to achieve the dual goals of meeting direct human needs for water and maintaining the function and integrity of aquatic ecosystems. The Department of Environmental Toxicology (Utox) invites applications for a Group Leader in Molecular Ecotoxicology (Tenure Track) The […]
Author: Marilyn Matevia, HSUS “To meet the increased demand for risk assessments related to consumer safety, the Directorate General for Health and Consumers has launched a call for expression of interest to appoint experts who will assist the work of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). They are appointed in their personal capacity as […]
Author: Martin Stephens, Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing The 2014 Lush Prizes for outstanding work towards non-animal alternatives were recently announced. Congratulations to all the winners, who are listed here: http://www.lushprize.org/. A special congratulations to my colleagues Francois Busquet and Thomas Hartung, who received a lobbying prize for their work advancing alternatives […]
