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EURL ECVAM publishes a search guide on alternatives to animal testing
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The European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing provides examples of search procedures and user guidance to facilitate the location ...
Alternatives to animal testing | Jun 05, 2012 -
Entrapped lipophilic silver nanoparticles may have potential for brain tumor treatment
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In collaboration with researchers from the University of Bologna, scientists from the European Commission Joint Research Centre contributed in assessing the ...
Nanotechnology, Cancer | Jun 01, 2012 -
Detection of nanoparticles in the food chain
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Challenges for legislators. industry and control laboratories
Nanoparticles, Food | May 31, 2012 -
Towards harmonisation for indoor products labelling schemes in the EU
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In collaboration with experts from EU Member States JRC researchers published a roadmap towards an EU wide harmonised framework for indoor products labellling ...
Indoor Air Quality | May 29, 2012 -
JRC awards presented to winners of German Jugend Forscht 2012 Competition
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The European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) has awarded travel awards to 10 young students from Germany in the frame of the "Jugend Forscht 2012" ...
Science communication | May 25, 2012 -
JRC researchers report on the migration of a antioxidant used in food packaging polymers
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The work provides fundamental data valuable to predict migration in foodstuffs
Food contact materials | May 22, 2012 -
JRC scientists use in vitro and in silico tools to describe weak estrogenic activities of Bisphenol A and Bisphenol S
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Alternative methods to animal testing bring insights about the structure-activity relationships of these two chemicals
Bisphenol S | May 04, 2012 -
Accelerating the validation of in vitro methods using a high throughput screening platform
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EURL ECVAM used an automated robotic in vitro testing platform to generate the data needed for the purposes of validation
Alternatives to Animal Testing | Apr 30, 2012 -
"Nutrition Research Highlights" new issue available (2/2012)
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In this issue: risk of cardiovascular disease & red meat consumption; effects of coffee on health; egg consumption & cholesterol blood levels; how food can ...
Nutrition | Apr 26, 2012 -
JRC scientists develop High-Throughput Liver Toxicity Screening
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Scientists from the European Commission Joint Research Centre have designed and demonstrated a high-throughput screening system to categorise chemicals based ...
Alternatives to Animal Testing | Apr 18, 2012 -
JRC scientist acts as a guest editor for a special issue of 'Mutation Research' on in vitro cell transformation assays for detection of carcinogens
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A comprehensive picture of the development and standardisation status of CTAs (cell transformation assays) co-edited by scientist Raffaella Corvi (European ...
Alternatives to Animal Testing | Apr 13, 2012 -
JRC researchers test new method for producing a radioisotope for cancer radiotherapy
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Cu-67 is a beta-emitting radioisotope that may be used for targeted cancer radiotherapy. It is the longest-lived of the radioisotopes of copper, with a ...
Nanotechnology | Mar 29, 2012 -
President Barroso at JRC Ispra: visit to Nanobiotechnology Laboratory
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On Friday 16 March, the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso visited the Join Resarch Centre in Ispra, accompanied by Máire ...
Nanotechnology | Mar 20, 2012 -
Critical Aspects to be considered in metabolic biomarker profiling in urine samples
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Scientists of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) have systematically investigated critical factors for metabolic profiling of urine samples ...
Metabolomics, Biomarkers | Mar 16, 2012 -
EURL ECVAM issues recommendation on three alternative-to-animal testing methods for carcinogenicity
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On 14 March 2012 the European Union Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL ECVAM) hosted by the European Commission's Joint Research ...
Alternatives to Animal Testing | Mar 14, 2012 -
Joint Research Centre experts provide training in GMO detection methods to Chinese authorities
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On 7-8 March 2012, experts from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) provided training in GMO detection methods to officials of the Chinese ...
GMO | Mar 09, 2012 -
Hazard Assessment of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes using Balb/3T3 cells to assess the carcinogenic potential
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In collaboration with scientists from the Italian Institute for Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità) JRC scientists investigated the carcinogenic potential of ...
Nanomaterials | Mar 08, 2012 -
Radiolabelling of magnetite nanoparticles for in vitro cell uptake studies
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Scientists of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) have published a paper on the radiolabelling of magnetite nanoparticles via direct proton ...
Radiolabelling of nanoparticles | Mar 07, 2012 -
Nanomaterials in food packaging: keeping food fresh for longer, less waste
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The use of nanomaterials in food packaging may extend the shelf life of food products while using less packaging material.
Nanomaterials | Mar 01, 2012 -
JRC contribution to EU research initiative on alternatives methods: outcome of the SEURAT-1 2nd Annual Meeting
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Lisbon, 8-9th February 2012
Alternatives to animal testing | Feb 28, 2012 -
"Nutrition Research Highlights" new issue available: 1/2012
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In this issue: escalating portion sizes, a sixth sense for fat, Stevia, cultured meat and food waste
Nutrition | Feb 23, 2012 -
Safeguarding human health and environment: new requirements and appropriate measures for the use of certain biocidal substances
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Wood preservatives, insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods
Biocides | Feb 15, 2012 -
2nd international workshop on harmonisation of GMO detection and analysis for African countries
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Held in White River, South Africa, on 7-8 February 2012
GMO | Feb 15, 2012 -
Standardisation of pluripotent stem cell cultures for toxicity applications
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Ensuring robust and reliable test systems
Stem cell biology | Feb 13, 2012 -
JRC nanomaterials support to the International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation (ICCR)
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State-of-the-art report on nanomaterials characterisation methods
Nanomaterials | Feb 10, 2012 -
Towards the Harmonised Regulation and Labelling of Product Emissions
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Release of chemicals in building materials: European Commission initiative
Indoor Air Quality | Feb 09, 2012 -
JRC steered important update of EU Test Methods Regulation
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21 methods validated, of which 5 alternative-to-animal-testing methods
Alternatives to animal testing | Feb 08, 2012 -
JRC contributes to the development of computational models of acute intravenous toxicity of organic chemicals for mice
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QSAR analysis of 68 monofunctional chemical compounds
Computational toxicology/QSARs | Feb 07, 2012 -
JRC scientists finalised study on release of chemical substances from 450 plastic baby bottles
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JRC scientists recommends intensifying testing of substitute plastics now in use by official food control laboratories
Food Contact Materials | Feb 06, 2012 -
Characterisation of new polypropylene/polyamide fibre: contribution by JRC scientists
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Evaluation and validation of quantification methods
Textiles | Jan 31, 2012
