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The House of Commons petition e-6841 initiated by Montreal SPCA and sponsored by MP Nate Erskine-Smith closes this Friday morning, January 30th. It calls for Canada to establish a national centre for alternatives. In November, the Liberals committed $1.7 billion in new funding to attract foreign scientists to Canada through the new Canada Impact Research Chairs program, while […]
Across the globe, 21st Century science is taking hold with advanced modelling techniques replacing the use of animals in science. What are some of these sophisticated alternatives? Organs-on-chips – these are innovative devices that are used instead of animals to study biological and disease processes, as well as drug metabolism. For example, heart-on-a-chip is a […]
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After further discussions with Langara, the college has committed to support students who choose to opt-out of cruel dissections.
At the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics conference being held in Vancouver this week, a company called Gaumard is demonstrating how its lifelike simulators can help train doctors, nurses and midwives. The simulators speak, blink, breathe, bleed and can birth a baby who will cry and need its umbilical cord clamped once it has […]
Researchers in London were able to create in-vitro human skin from stem cells which “demonstrates the essential functional properties seen in skin with a functional barrier”. This new 3D model of human skin can be easily reproduced and used in various applications, from regenerative and aesthetic medicine to drug development, and is expected to become a […]