by Minty Hand | Jun 27, 2022 | Animal-free testing, Efficacy testing, In Vitro Safety, News
Last week we hosted our very first webinar where our unique XtraMild™ mildness test took centre stage. Dr Carol Treasure and Chris Longmore looked at why mildness testing is so important, and how this super-sensitive method can be used to test a wide variety of...
by Sam Thistleton | Jun 9, 2022 | Animal-free testing, Efficacy testing, In Vitro Safety, News
Written by Sam Thistleton The majority of the personal care and beauty products we buy are not designed to come into direct contact with our eye surface, or cornea, nevertheless accidental exposure can happen like shampoo running into our eyes in the shower,...
by Guest | May 17, 2022 | Animal-free testing, News
MatTek are world leaders in the development and commercialisation of human tissue models. In this very special edition we welcome our first guest blogger, Margaux Babineau, Director of Marketing and Customer Engagement at MatTek Life Sciences, who shines the light on...
by Sam Thistleton | Dec 16, 2021 | Efficacy testing, In Vitro Safety, News
3D Tissue models, cultured from human cells in the laboratory, offer highly human-relevant, ethical and scientifically sound in vitro methods to predict product safety and efficacy. It is widely accepted that in vitro 3D tissue models, also known as reconstructed...
by Sam Thistleton | Oct 15, 2021 | Animal-free testing, In Vitro Safety, News
The blog this week talks about the reasons why animal testing is considered out-dated from a scientific perspective, and the advantages of the modern animal-free alternatives. An article in Food and Chemical Toxicology all the way back in 1985 questions the scientific...