Sherry Ward, AltTox Beagle Freedom Project will award $250,000 in grants to applicants whose goal is to replace the common use of dogs and other animals in research, testing, and/or education with a non-animal approach. A total of five possible awards of $50,000 are scheduled, or larger sized grants are available to fewer awardees depending […]
Sherry Ward, AltTox The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) provides the latest news on chemical registration obligations under REACH on their REACH 2018 web page. “The REACH requirements for skin corrosion/irritation, serious eye damage/eye irritation, acute dermal toxicity and skin sensitisation are changing, making non-animal testing the default requirement.” The changes and new requirements are explained […]
Sherry Ward, AltTox Source: https://www.edqm.eu/en/node/15240 “During its 155th Session, held in Strasbourg on 21-22 June 2016, the European Pharmacopoeia Commission adopted a revision of the general chapter Monocyte-activation test (2.6.30) in order to make it more widely useable by stakeholders and thus facilitate a reduction in testing on live animals.” The press release provides additional […]
Posted: July 1, 2016 The Human Connectome Project The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) celebrated the completion of the first phase of their Human Connectome Project this month with a one-half day symposium on June 20 (available now by videocast). The Human Connectome Project (HCP), launched in 2009, is part of the NIH Blueprint […]
