MatTek Presentations at 4th World CongressMatTek Corp. is making a number of presentations at the 4th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, Aug. 10-15, 2002 in New Orleans, LA (USA).
The congress is focused on the development of humane animal experimental techniques. It is organized around five major themes: replacement and reduction alternatives; policy and ethics; refinement and reduction alternatives; education and databases; and test development, validation, and implementation.
MatTek's formal presentations include: - Eye Toxicity (Session E6) - "A Reproducible Tissue Model for Ocular Irritancy Testing" (EpiOcularTM)
- In Vitro Reconstituted Human Tissue Models (Session A3) - "Full Thickness EpidermTM: a Dermal-Epidermal Skin Model to Study Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions"
- Organ-specific Models III (Session E8) - "EpiVaginalTM, A Human Tissue Model for Vaginal Irritation Studies"
The 4th World Congress is presented by the Alternatives Congress Trust, Gaithersburg, MD. More information on the 4th World Congress, including a complete listing of all sessions and presentations, can be accessed at www.worldcongress.net.
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