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December 11, 2015

USE OF AN IN VITRO SKIN MODEL TO PREDICT CHEMICAL CORROSIVITY.

The U.S. Department of Transportation now requires companies to assess the skin corrosivity of raw materials and products in order to insure their safe transport. The United Nations has issued guidelines and assigned packaging groups to materials based on how... Read More

December 11, 2015

APPLICATION OF AN IN VITRO METHOD FOR SKIN CORROSION TESTING TO A VARIETY OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SKIN CULTURES.

National and international regulations require that chemicals must be properly classified, labeled, packaged, and transported based on their ability to damage or destroy tissue, e.g., skin. Traditional rabbit tests for assessing skin irritation or corrosion are based on the methods... Read More

December 11, 2015

ENSURING QUALITY OF IN VITRO ALTERNATIVE TEST METHODS: ISSUES AND ANSWERS.

This report by scientists at the US EPA, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, the European Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) and the Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) discussed the importance of having specific quality control... Read More

December 11, 2015

REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR IN VITRO SYSTEMS TO MEET PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OVER TIME AS WELL AS DURING VALIDATION.

This technical poster by scientists at MatTek Corp. summarized 12-PLUS YEARS (1996-2007) of commercial production QC data for MatTek’s EpiDerm and EpiOcular in vitro human tissue equivalents, and how that data addresses regulatory concerns regarding performance standards of alternative in... Read More

December 11, 2015

EVALUATION OF A TISSUE ENGINEERED HUMAN SKIN EPIDERM 3-D CULTURE AS A MODEL TO STUDY IRRITATION AFTER JET FUEL EXPOSURE.

This study by researchers at Florida A&M University demonstrated that MatTek’s EpiDerm in vitro human skin tissue equivalent is a “valuable model to evaluate the skin irritation potential of jet fuels and hydrocarbon chemicals”. The purpose of the present study... Read More

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USE OF AN IN VITRO SKIN MODEL TO PREDICT CHEMICAL CORROSIVITY.

APPLICATION OF AN IN VITRO METHOD FOR SKIN CORROSION TESTING TO A VARIETY OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SKIN CULTURES.

ENSURING QUALITY OF IN VITRO ALTERNATIVE TEST METHODS: ISSUES AND ANSWERS.

REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR IN VITRO SYSTEMS TO MEET PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OVER TIME AS WELL AS DURING VALIDATION.

EVALUATION OF A TISSUE ENGINEERED HUMAN SKIN EPIDERM 3-D CULTURE AS A MODEL TO STUDY IRRITATION AFTER JET FUEL EXPOSURE.

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