Alternatives to Animal Testing

Toward More Efficient Safety Testing Through Development of an Internal Threshold of Toxicological Concern

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by Alina Y. Efremenko One of my memorable moments when I was a teenager was my family’s trip to the Grand Canyon. That was my first experience riding a horse. I begged my grandfather to come with me, and reluctantly he agreed. I asked him why he disliked the idea so much and he said, “No one asked the horses.” …

My Summer Internship with ScitoVation

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by Gustavo Nativio Hey there! I‘m the resident intern here at ScitoVation for the summer. As someone deeply interested in systems biology and solving biological problems using mathematics and computational models, the work done by ScitoVation is fascinating to me. ScitoVation is using innovative computational modeling of physiological systems to improve regulation efficiency in the pharmaceutical industry and in the environmental health field!  I work with Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling. PBPK modeling is a tool to predict the distribution and fate of drugs within an organism. PBPK …