{"id":1786,"date":"2023-03-21T17:01:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2023-neu.animalfree-research.org\/?page_id=1786"},"modified":"2023-03-27T17:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:56:38","slug":"top-10-successes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/animalfree-research.org\/en\/about-us\/top-10-successes\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 successes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#187;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#187;on|desktop&#187; admin_label=&#187;Header&#187; _builder_version=&#187;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#187;default&#187; background_enable_image=&#187;off&#187; background_size=&#187;initial&#187; background_position=&#187;top_left&#187; overflow-x=&#187;hidden&#187; overflow-y=&#187;hidden&#187; custom_margin=&#187;0px||20px||false|false&#187; custom_padding=&#187;100px||100px||false|false&#187; custom_padding_tablet=&#187;0px||40px||false|false&#187; custom_padding_phone=&#187;||0px||false|false&#187; animation_style=&#187;fade&#187; animation_speed_curve=&#187;ease&#187; global_colors_info=&#187;{}&#187;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#187;1_2,1_2&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#187;on&#187; gutter_width=&#187;2&#8243; module_class=&#187;reverse-columns-mobile&#187; _builder_version=&#187;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#187;default&#187; width=&#187;90%&#187; max_width=&#187;1290px&#187; custom_margin=&#187;0px||0px||false|false&#187; custom_padding=&#187;0px||0px||false|false&#187; global_colors_info=&#187;{}&#187;][et_pb_column type=&#187;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#187;4.19.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#187;default&#187; custom_padding=&#187;||||false|false&#187; global_colors_info=&#187;{}&#187;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#187;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#187;default&#187; header_text_align=&#187;left&#187; header_text_color=&#187;#141417&#8243; header_font_size=&#187;64px&#187; header_letter_spacing=&#187;-1px&#187; header_line_height=&#187;1.2em&#187; custom_margin=&#187;0px||6px||false|false&#187; custom_padding=&#187;0px||0px||false|false&#187; header_font_size_tablet=&#187;68px&#187; header_font_size_phone=&#187;34px&#187; header_font_size_last_edited=&#187;on|phone&#187; global_colors_info=&#187;{}&#187;]<\/p>\n<h1>Project successes<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#187;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#187;default&#187; text_text_color=&#187;#141417&#8243; text_font_size=&#187;18px&#187; text_line_height=&#187;1.6em&#187; custom_margin=&#187;0px||33px||false|false&#187; custom_padding=&#187;0px||0px||false|false&#187; hover_enabled=&#187;0&#8243; text_font_size_tablet=&#187;18px&#187; text_font_size_phone=&#187;16px&#187; text_font_size_last_edited=&#187;on|phone&#187; global_colors_info=&#187;{}&#187; sticky_enabled=&#187;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2016, Animalfree Research foundation celebrated its 40th anniversary. During this long history, we have funded a wide variety of projects. 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Sadly, the work appears to not have got the attention it might have deserved, revealing quite some deficiencies in this field of research.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb title=&#187;Transgenic animals and hypertension&#187; image=&#187;https:\/\/animalfree-research.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Labormaus-\u00a9-Eric-filin174-Fotolia.com_.jpg&#187; icon_placement=&#187;left&#187; image_icon_width=&#187;200px&#187; content_max_width=&#187;100%&#187; icon_placement_tablet=&#187;left&#187; icon_placement_phone=&#187;top&#187; icon_placement_last_edited=&#187;on|tablet&#187; _builder_version=&#187;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#187;default&#187; image_icon_custom_margin=&#187;||||false|false&#187; image_icon_custom_padding=&#187;||||false|false&#187; custom_margin=&#187;||||false|false&#187; custom_padding=&#187;||||false|false&#187; hover_enabled=&#187;0&#8243; border_radii_image=&#187;on|30px|30px|30px|30px&#187; global_colors_info=&#187;{}&#187; sticky_enabled=&#187;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>This literature review examined the benefits of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in hypertension research within the previous 20 years. 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To reduce the<br \/>numbers of animals used to detect side effects of compounds as well as reducing the physical stress and pain by replacing the most severe experiments with this computer based \u201cin silico\u201d model, and 2.) To create a widely used database which would then reduce the number of otherwise double-conducted tests at research laboratories.<br \/>The VirtualToxLab probably didn\u2019t have much of an effect on the number of animals used for toxicological and pharmacological experiments: as it gives out very quick results, scientists use it as an efficient way to screen many more compounds. In the end the most important compounds are still tested in vivo to confirm the safety prediction. 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Investing in an artificial serum-free cell-medium will not only spare the foetuses distress but will also make the experiments more reliable: the exact amount of nutrition\u2019s, enzymes, hormones, etc. are known \u2013 which is not the case in natural products and vary from batch to batch \u2013 and contaminations with bacteria or viruses can be prevented. 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