by XCellR8 Team | Jan 15, 2020 | Animal-free testing, News, XCellR8 News |
Following a robust, independent audit, XCellR8’s Direct Peptide Reactivity Assay (DPRA) skin sensitisation test has been registered with The Vegan Society. The test joins 40,000 other registered vegan products but only a handful of safety tests, and is the only... 
by XCellR8 Team | Jan 15, 2020 | Animal-free testing, News |
Last year, we were approached by Alex Lockwood to ask if he could use our lab as a filming location. It turns out that Alex won a BAFTA for his last short film 73 Cows and wanted to show what an animal-free testing laboratory looks like for his next project. We said... 
by XCellR8 Team | Nov 4, 2019 | Animal-free testing, Efficacy testing |
In September, we were delighted to partner with Personal Care magazine and our testing colleagues at Cutest, to share the results of our 2 year R&D project looking at a new, more accurate in vitro test for skin mildness. In the webinar broadcast, we explained: Why... 
by XCellR8 Team | Jul 25, 2019 | Animal-free testing, News |
Is veganism just a passing fad? We’ve all heard about shoppers clamouring for Greggs’ vegan sausage rolls, whether they’re one of the UK’s estimated 600,000 vegans or not. There are plenty of signs that the trend is crossing over into cosmetics, but will it... 
by XCellR8 Team | Dec 19, 2018 | Animal-free testing, In Vitro Safety |
The complex pathway of skin sensitisation has been considered difficult to model in vitro: how could such an intricate, multi-step, physiological pathway be accurately represented in a single test? Thanks to the significant efforts of multiple scientific groups over... 
by Matt Davidson | Nov 9, 2018 | Animal-free testing |
In October, XCellR8 Founder and CEO Carol Treasure was invited to take part in a panel discussion at the United Nations 18th General Assembly. The UN is working to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Carol spoke on the topic of #SDG12 –... 