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December 11, 2015

COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE BIOTRANSFORMATION OF BENZO[A]PYRENE IN HUMAN KERATINOCYTES, IN VITRO SKIN MODELS, AND SKIN EX VIVO: METABOLITE PATTERNS AS INDICATOR FOR THE METABOLIC CAPACITY OF SKIN EQUIVALENTS.

In vitro skin models are increasingly important for toxicological testing strategies to facilitate risk assessment and classification of chemicals. The reliability of these tests depends on the capacity of skin equivalents to metabolize xenobiotics in a similar way as found... Read More
December 11, 2015

IMPROVING GENOTOXICITY TESTING: COMET ASSAY WITH 3D SKIN MODELS.

This study by scientists at Henkel, ECVAM, TNO, L’Oreal, COLIPA, Procter and Gamble – Cosmital SA, Unilever, Procter and Gamble US, Beiersdorf, KPSS (Kao Professional Salon Services), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pierre Fabre demonstrated that MatTek’s EpiDerm in vitro 3-D human... Read More