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Exciting News: NIH Launches Initiative to Expand Human-Based In Vitro Research!

Shortly after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent announcement, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has […]

Good News: FDA Announces Plan to Phase Out Animal Testing Requirement for Monoclonal Antibodies and Other Drugs

“For too long, drug manufacturers have performed additional animal testing of drugs that have data in broad human use internationally. […]

CORESTA Study Group and Task Force Meeting – Richmond, Virginia

Leading experts in tobacco and e-cigarette research from around the world gathered last week in Richmond for a dynamic exchange […]

Review: Meet VITROCELL at the 4th MPS World Summit, June 10-13, 2025 at Brussels, Belgium

++++++++ Review: The MPS World Summit 2025 was an outstanding event, highlighting the growing role of microfluidics in advancing the […]

Customer Service: going the extra mile for Epithelix

Last week, we were called in for a time-critical service case at Epithelix in Geneva: an urgent solution for nebulization […]

Advanced in vitro systems available for respiratory toxicology

Book Capter: Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95488-4.00223-0 Arno C Gutleb, INVITROLIZE, Wellenstein, LuxembourgHolger P Behrsing, Institute for In […]

sQCM 12 Dry Powder Kit

The assessment of dry particles is a significant challenge in toxicology and related fields. Particularly in nanoparticle research, the deposition […]

Nebulizer Overview for Cloud Systems

Single Droplet Sedimentation Systems are specifically designed for dose-controlled and spatially uniform deposition of liquid aerosols on cells. Test substances […]

REVIEW: VITROCELL with VC Essentials, Cloud Alpha, Flow 4 and PowderX at SOT in Orlando, Florida, March 16-20, 2025

We thank all our visitors at the VITROCELL booth for their interest in the new VITROCELL products! Also, we would […]

Development of the in vitro micronucleus test for exposure to whole aerosol from cigarettes and heated tobacco products

Poster, SOT 64th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, March 16–20, 2025, Orlando, Florida. I. Crooks1, D. Thorne1, R. Leverette2, M. Hollings3, […]

Acute Toxicity of 1,3-Butadiene Exposure at the Air-Liquid Interface of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells

Poster, SOT 64th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, March 16–20, 2025, Orlando, Florida. Breandon Taylor1, Alexandra Noël2, Daniel Conklin1, and Sanjay […]

Characterization of the Aerosol Dose Uniformity in the 56-well Vitrocell® 48-2.0 Plus Exposure Module

Poster, SOT 64th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, March 16–20, 2025, Orlando, Florida. Authors; M. J. Scian1, L. E. McFadden1, C.M. […]

Toxicity assessment of PM2.5 brake wear emissions using aerosol-based exposure models with A549-HMEC cell co-culture

Poster, SOT 64th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, March 16–20, 2025, Orlando, Florida. Preliminary test of toxicological responce of brake wear […]

Meet VITROCELL at SOT – Society of Toxicology’s 64th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, in Orlando, Florida during March 16-20, 2025

We kindly invite you to visit us in the exhibition area at booth #935. Here we inform you about our […]

February 28, 2025

Customer Report: National Center for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’ in Greece about inhalation research with the ESSENTIALS Exposure System

First VITROCELL Installation in Greece – Customer Spotlight The National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” – Institute of […]

February 28, 2025

Did you know about Liquid Trapping in your VITROCELL Exposure System?

For sure you have! Everyone needs a universal tool to determine delivered dose directly at the Air-Liquid-Interface (ALI)! But did […]

February 24, 2025

Characterizing the Pulmonary Toxicity and Potential Mutagenicity of Formaldehyde Fumes in a Human Bronchial Epithelial Tissue Model

https://doi.org/10.1002/em.70000 Yuan Le1, Baiping Ren1, Levan Muskhelishvili2, Kelly Davis2, Yiying Wang1, William Gwinn3, Diego Rua4, Robert H. Heflich1, Xuefei Cao11Division […]

February 11, 2025

Evaluation of the toxicity of combustion smokes at the air-liquid interface: a comparison between two lung cell models and two exposure methods

DOI: 10.1007/s00204-025-03964-x A Ashrin 1, E Anna 1, E Peyret 1, G Barbier 1, Maxime Floreani 1, C Pointart 2, […]

February 5, 2025

Impact of waste origin and post-treatment techniques on the composition and toxicity of biogas

Carole Tanios a b c, Sylvain Billet a, Clémence Méausoone a, Yann Landkocz a, Cédric Gennequin a, Madona Labaki b, […]

February 3, 2025

Application areas and exposure principles for in vitro lung cell research

Discover the application areas and exposure principles for in vitro exposure of cell systems to airborne substances at the air-liquid […]

January 24, 2025

Regulatory authorities recommend VITROCELL Modules for skin exposure to volatile chemicals and liquids

The Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently recommended the VITROCELL Skin […]

January 9, 2025

Did you know how to achieve continuous cell exposure of 72 hours at the Air-Liquid Interface (ALI)?

When testing potential hazardous substances at low concentrations, extended exposure durations are essential to realistically assess long-term effects. This is […]

January 2, 2025

Research review and transcriptomic insights into Benzalkonium Chloride inhalation and disease association

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.117610 Jun Woo Kim a, Min Seok Kim a, Ha Ryong Kim ba Center for Respiratory Safety Research, Korea Institute […]

January 2, 2025

Toxicological effects of long-term continuous exposure to ambient air on human bronchial epithelial Calu-3 cells exposed at the air-liquid interface

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.120759 E.J. Zimmermann a b, A. Das a b, A. Huber a b, N. Gawlitta a, E. Kuhn a, C. […]

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