by Minty Hand | Apr 15, 2021 | Animal-free testing, Events, News
Dr Carol Treasure was recently invited to be a guest speaker for MSc Cosmetic Science students at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. The virtual webinar, centred around creating safe and effective cosmetics using animal-free science, focussing...
by Carol Treasure | Apr 14, 2021 | Animal-free testing, News, XCellR8 News
XCellR8 was born from a passion for science and a lifelong dream to protect animals Our Founder, Dr Carol Treasure, grew up with a love of animals dating back to childhood nature-watching trips. As a young research scientist in the 1980s, she became convinced there...
by Minty Hand | Feb 17, 2021 | Animal-free testing, News, XCellR8 News
Prize will help laboratory adapt existing OECD Test Guidelines to animal-product-free conditions We are thrilled to have been awarded £100K of funding to carry out a six-month proof-of-concept study to develop in vitro tests free from animal-derived reagents. The...
by Minty Hand | Jan 26, 2021 | Animal-free testing, News
Personal Care Magazine recently published this article in which we examined some of the current challenges in animal-free ecotoxicity testing. Recent clarification of the EU REACH legislation highlighted that some environmental assessments are exempt from the...
by Minty Hand | Jan 20, 2021 | Animal-free testing, Compliance & regulation, News
France is now the first EU country able to export “ordinary” cruelty-free cosmetics to China. France’s ANSM develop dedicated platform for certificate application process French beauty companies can now apply, via a dedicated online platform developed by...
by Carol Treasure | Dec 16, 2020 | Animal-free testing, In Vitro Safety, News
This photo shows human skin cells (dermal fibroblasts) growing in our lab at XCellR8. This isn’t just an ordinary fibroblast culture – it’s more special than you may realise at first glance! Read on to discover why…. The majority of cell cultures in labs around the...
