EU body publishes new testing strategy
17 July 2015 – The EU Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL Ecvam), part of the Commission’s Joint Research Centre, has just published a strategy
Human bone models in vitro
The FRAME Alternatives Lab is able to differentiate human mononuclear blood cells into human osteoclasts (bone eating cells). Osteoclast dysfunction has been observed in a variety of
In vitro models of diabetes
Much of the research into obesity and diabetes is carried out using transgenic animal models. FRAME’s experience and that of many others is that such animal models are of little
FRAME planning poster now in Portuguese
In response to requests by scientists in Portugal, FRAME has had one of its key documents translated into Portuguese. The Strategic Planning Flowchart helps researchers design
FRAME Debate video online
“Total animal replacement in human medicine is a realistic goal but it’s a difficult challenge and it’s going to be a long-term goal.” That was one of the
FRAME response to EU “Stop Vivisection” initiative
The discussion this week of the “Stop Vivisection” initiative has highlighted several extremely important issues. Firstly, the high priority that needs to be given to replacement of