ERGECD 2008 European Research Group on Experimental Contact Dermatitis 21st Meeting, 24-26th April 2008 London, UK

The European Research Group on Experimental Contact Dermatitis (ERGECD) is an informal meeting of experts in the fields of toxicology, immunology, biology and contact dermatitis. Attendees include chemists, toxicologists, pharmacologists, clinicians, cell biologists and immunologists from industry and academia.

This year the major focus was the development of alternatives to animal testing.

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MatTek Co-Authored Two Oral Presentations:

• Follow-up Validation of the EpiDerm Skin Irritation Test (SIT): Results of a Multi-centre Study of Twenty Reference Test Substances.
  Liebsch M, Gamer A, Curren R, Frank J, Genschow E, Tharmann J, Remmele M, Bauer B, Raabe H, Barnes N, Hilberer A, Wilt N, Lornejad-Schäfer MR, Schäfer C, Spiller E, Hayden P, Kandárová H
  
  
• Predicting Skin Irritation: Comparative Study Between In Vivo Rabbit Test, 4h Human Patch Test and In Vitro Human Skin Model Test
  Bendová H, Basketter D, Jirová D, Marriott M, Kejlová K, Liebsch M, Spiller E, Kandárová H