01 Feb Know Your Skin Cells: III. The Melanocytes
IIVS toxicologist and study director, Emilia Costin wrote about melanocytes, responsible for producing skin color for The Cosmetic Chemist. Read article...
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01 Feb Reducing the Use of Animals in Safety Testing: Strategic Roadmap Released
The National Toxicology Program, in collaboration with other US federal agencies, has published a strategic roadmap offering a new framework for the safety testing of drugs & chemicals aimed at reducing the use of animals. Read more....
19 Jan IIVS in the News: Recent Articles Highlight Work to End Animal Testing in China
Recent news articles in the Washington Post and Bloomberg.com highlight China's efforts to move away from requiring animal testing of cosmetics, and the role of IIVS plays in providing much-needed training in alternative methods. Read more about our work in China....
09 Jan IIVS and BASF Collaborate to Distribute Test Method to Replace Animal Testing in China
GAITHERSBURG, MD – January 9, 2018 – The Institute for In Vitro Sciences, Inc. (IIVS) today announced a collaboration with BASF to import a non-animal, cell based, safety test into China. The LuSens test, developed by BASF, is an in vitro test to detect the...
28 Nov New Video Highlights IIVS-PISC Collaboration
Watch this new video that highlights our long standing collaboration with PISC to replace animal testing with innovative non-animal methods. We thank PISC for their long-time support. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEfZOuIHslc&feature=youtu.be[/embed]...
14 Nov IIVS Announces the Opening of a Non-animal Testing Laboratory in China
GAITHERSBURG, MD – Nov. 14, 2017 – The Zhejiang Institute for Food and Drug Control (ZJIFDC), responsible for regulatory review of food, drugs, and cosmetics produced in Zhejiang province, has opened a non-animal testing laboratory after successful scientific collaboration with IIVS. Based near Shanghai, the...
25 Oct IIVS eNews – October 2017
Read the latest issue of our e-newsletter for an update on our work in China and Brazil, our Practical Methods Workshop, and more. View issue....
24 Oct IIVS in Allure Magazine – President Erin Hill Talks About Non-animal Testing of Cosmetics in China
IIVS President, Erin Hill, talked to Allure magazine about efforts to phase out animal testing of cosmetics in China and replace the practice with non-animal methods. The article, which appears in the November issue, examines that while animal testing is nearly non-existent in the U.S....
16 Oct Video: Bovine Corneal Opacity & Permeability Test – Spanish
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10 Oct IIVS and Colgate-Palmolive Team Up to Provide Training on Non-Animal Methods in Brazil
GAITHERSBURG, MD – Oct. 10, 2017 – IIVS, supported by a grant from Colgate-Palmolive, held a training course this month in Goiania, Brazil focused on two in vitro methods with international regulatory acceptance status. The course, Alternative Methods for Evaluation of Toxicity, was attended by...