Abstract

Toxicology is IN: in silico, in vitro, integrated testing strategy.

Highlights

  • Dr Aude Kienzler, EURL/ECVAM Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy, presented the activities of the European Union Research Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL/ECVAM) towards developing and validating new methods, tools and standards in support of EU policies

  • A meeting on some of the more recent developments in this field, focused on in silico, in vitro and integrated testing strategies was organized on December 4, 2015 in Milan by the Italian Association of In Vitro Toxicology, CELLTOX, in collaboration with the Mario Negri Pharmacological Research Institute that hosted the event

  • The Systems Toxicology Unit works towards the improvement of conventional toxicology performed on animals by promoting generation safety assessment based on the integration of data deriving from alternative in vitro models, with chemo-informatics, chemical data and in silico exposure modelling to obtain a more complete and animal-free safety assessment

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Dr Aude Kienzler, EURL/ECVAM Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy, presented the activities of the European Union Research Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL/ECVAM) towards developing and validating new methods, tools and standards in support of EU policies. A meeting on some of the more recent developments in this field, focused on in silico, in vitro and integrated testing strategies was organized on December 4, 2015 in Milan by the Italian Association of In Vitro Toxicology, CELLTOX, in collaboration with the Mario Negri Pharmacological Research Institute that hosted the event.

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