A new method for testing allergenic substances without experimental animals

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 14:00 in Biology & Nature

Contact allergy affects around 20% of the population in the western world. Scientists are working intensively to develop alternative test methods that do not require animal testing. A research group at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now developed a unique test method that enables graded results to be obtained using cultured skin cells.

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