Method can replace live animals in skin allergy tests according to validation study

Guinea pigs and mice can be replaced with a non-animal skin sensitization method that uses a human-derived skin model, according to a study presented by the PETA International Science Consortium, Ltd., at the Society of Toxicology's annual meeting.Recent results show that Cyprotex's in vitro skin sensitization assay SenCeeTox® can correctly identify chemicals that cause an allergic response in humans and, unlike many other methods, can predict the potency of the response.



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