Animal Testing Can be further Reduced!
Animal testing still takes place. All the more pleasing is a new approach from the Fraunhofer Institute*, which has succeeded in producing dog skin in the laboratory. Since the artificial skin is almost identical to natural dog skin in its functions and reactions, reproducible, precise tests on the tolerability and effectiveness of care products such as soaps and shampoos, as well as medical therapeutics for dogs, are possible.
Dogs are known to be susceptible to many skin diseases. At the forefront is atopic dermatitis, which affects 10–15% of all dogs.
In addition to the active ingredient tests and tolerability tests for care products and medicines, inflammatory conditions and diseases of the skin, such as a bacterial skin infection, can be specifically simulated and the effectiveness of medicines can be tested directly. This makes it possible to avoid animal testing, including for approval procedures.
The Fraunhofer Institute* wants to develop further full-skin variants, differentiated according to dog breeds, as well as for cats and horses.
* Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB
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