'Toxichip' system may replace animal testingFrom The Irish Times: An international research team including scientists from the Tyndall National Institute have developed a highly sensitive toxicity testing system. They believe it could provide a replacement for animal testing in toxicity screening.
The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe, launched the Toxichip yesterday in Cork to mark the beginning of Nanoweek, a week-long celebration of nanotechnology research to help raise public awareness of the importance of this technology to Ireland’s economy.
The Toxichip is a sensing system developed at Tyndall in collaboration with European academic and industrial partners funded under the EU’s Framework Programme 6.
It is sensitive enough to measure the effects of toxic substances on human or animal cells in culture. It provides this information in real time which means the system can be used to gauge the direct effect of chemical pollutants, experimental drugs and toxic substances in food and beverages. More | 
