by Nick Tsiakas | Jun 17, 2021 | Animal-free testing, In Vitro Safety, News, XCellR8 News
GLP laboratory adapts existing OECD Test Guidelines to animal-product-free conditions Earlier this year, we announced XCELLR8 wins £100K funding in the 2020 CRACK IT Challenges competition for a six-month proof-of-concept study to develop in vitro tests free from...
by Minty Hand | Jun 8, 2021 | Animal-free testing, In Vitro Safety, News, XCellR8 News
After receiving a 70% research grant from Innovate UK, we have started an innovative project to find a scientifically and ethically advanced test method that’s highly predictive of human acute oral toxicity and relevant to our real-life exposure to chemicals. What is...
by Carol Treasure | May 20, 2021 | Animal-free testing, In Vitro Safety, News, XCellR8 News
XCellR8 has been awarded Innovate UK funding to continue development of its animal-free replacements for acute oral toxicity testing. We’re so excited to be starting a ground-breaking research project this month, and we hope it will make a significant impact on the...
by Carol Treasure | Apr 29, 2021 | In Vitro Safety, News
If you’ve ever been burned by eating food that’s too hot, you’ll appreciate first-hand just how sensitive the lining of the mouth can be. If you have seen any marketing for oral care products, you have likely seen claims as to their benefits. In this post, we’ll be...
by Minty Hand | Apr 29, 2021 | In Vitro Safety, XCellR8 News
Dr Fiona Jacobs joined the XCellR8 team in October 2017 as Study Director. She looks after most of the non-GLP studies that our clients ask for, focusing primarily on in vitro genotoxicity tests using the BlueScreenTM method, adapted to use animal-free reagents. We...
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...
