23 Aug Skin Irritation, Corrosion, Pigmentation
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16 Aug Pharmaceutical
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28 Jul Occupational Safety & Industrial Hygiene
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28 Jul Agro/Petrochemical
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01 Apr Evaluation of the Validated In Vitro Skin Irritation Test (OECD TG 439) for the Assignment of EPA Hazard Categories
Progress within the in vitro toxicology field has made available testing platforms based on reconstructed tissue models that are validated to address the skin corrosion and irritation endpoints. While the validated in vitro assays can be used for the hazard identification of chemicals irritant to...
01 Apr Mimicking Metabolism Using Human Microsomes in Two In Vitro Assays in Order to Predict the Sensitization Potential of Pro-haptens
Source: Pan-American Conference on Alternatives...
15 Jan Momentum Grows for Modernizing the US EPA “Six-Pack” Battery of Acute Toxicity Tests
In the current global regulatory climate favorable for further advancement of in vitro test methods, the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) is driving significant efforts in the United States. The latest endeavor targets the modernization of the battery of acute toxicity tests classically known...
13 Jan Momentum Grows for Modernizing the US EPA “Six-pack” Battery of Acute Toxicity Tests
[caption id="attachment_1712" align="alignright" width="300"] Fig. 1a: The US EPA battery of acute toxicity tests. The blue dotted lines in association with the blue framed boxes indicate existing in vitro test methods adopted as OECD Test Guidelines and that could be considered for evaluation of their...
01 Nov Webinar: KeratinoSens Assay for Identifying Skin Sensitizers
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01 Nov Webinar: Revisiting Skin Irritation Testing Strategies Applying Non-animal Test Methods
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