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 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 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...
by Minty Hand | Nov 4, 2020 | Animal-free testing, Efficacy testing, News
Dr. Carol Treasure talks to SelectScience about XCellR8’s mission – accelerating the world’s transition to 100% animal-free testing In an exclusive interview with leading science publisher SelectScience, XCellR8 CEO and Co-founder Dr Carol Treasure discusses the...
by Minty Hand | 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...
