by Sam Thistleton | 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 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 | 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...
