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.