DAEJEON, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly developed bone-replica chip will be able to verify the effects of new drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis without engaging in reckless animal experiments. A research team from the Korea Basic Science Institute said Thursday it has developed a chip that embodies the various structural and biological [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s agricultural ministry said Tuesday it has issued a new standardized guideline on animal experiments in line with the country’s efforts to improve the welfare of test subjects. The booklets are designed for the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC) under around 450 different organizations nationwide, according [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of animals used for experiments in South Korea nearly tripled in 2019 from 10 years earlier, data showed Monday, with private firms carrying out most of the related research. South Korea used 3.71 million animals for research purposes last year, up sharply from just 1.32 million in [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Organ chips’ are rising as a new alternative that can replace lab experiments on animals. Organ chip technology recreates cells that form the blood vessels, lungs, liver, and other human organs in 3D, which are placed on a microfluidic chip to test pharmaceutical reactions in an environment similar to [...]