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Seed funding to support technology development.

The scientific community is continuously looking for innovative ways to analyse compounds and formulations in a physiological and biorelevant environment. Commonly this is investigated as part of standard animal tests, and through the utilisation of ex vivo tissue preparations. Sirius Analytical now offers a different, non-animal approach to this problem – the Sirius Scissor platform.

University of Leeds and SimOmics Ltd win CRACK IT Challenges competition.

Six teams have been awarded over half a million pounds of funding for proof-of-concept studies.

Research into retinal disease and development of new ophthalmic drugs utilises a large number of animals, however the results are not always easily extrapolated to humans. OcuScience offer an alternative and unique platform based on human tissue, providing a more physiologically relevant system. The platform comprises neural retina from human donor eyes coupled to a proprietary system for conducting repeated trans-retinal recordings.

EU-based academics and SMEs whose technology is featured on the NC3Rs CRACK IT Solutions partnering platform will now be able to apply for funding of up to £50k to support collaborations that are identified through the platform.