{"id":38503,"date":"2023-10-13T11:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T09:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proefdiervrij.nl\/?p=38503"},"modified":"2023-10-13T11:59:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T09:59:12","slug":"proefdiervrij-invests-200000-euros-in-vitaltissue-for-animal-free-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/updates\/proefdiervrij-invests-200000-euros-in-vitaltissue-for-animal-free-progress","title":{"rendered":"Proefdiervrij invests 200,000 euros in VitalTissue for animal-free progress."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><span style=\"color: #159cbd;\"><b>Exciting news! VitalTissue has received a substantial 1.5 million euros to establish a new system that facilitates the availability of human residual tissue for scientific research. This is great news for both humans and animals because it allows research to align more closely with real-life situations in the human body, thereby preventing tens of thousands of animal experiments.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2 class=\"blauwtweeregels\">What is VitalTissue?<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Let&#8217;s have a quick recap: What exactly is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaltissue.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VitalTissue<\/a>? In short, VitalTissue ensures that human tissue remaining after surgeries is made available for scientific research. By connecting hospitals and research institutions, donated residual tissue can easily transition from the operating table to the research table. Researchers can then use this tissue for drug research, significantly reducing animal testing.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pv9sWbBGZww?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:rgba(226,226,226,0);border-color:rgba(226,226,226,0);border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h2 class=\"blauwtweeregels\">A significant milestone<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>The 1.5 million euros received by VitalTissue will be used to establish a new infrastructure, making the use of human residual tissue for scientific research more straightforward and accessible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #009abf;\">\u201cThis is a significant milestone and a tremendous boost for the transition to animal-free innovation in the Netherlands, as good access to vital human tissue is a crucial requirement for the development and application of existing and new research models for diseases and drug safety. With this grant, we can genuinely put our ideas into practice, together with all stakeholders!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cyrille Krul and Evita van de Steeg, co-initiators of VitalTissue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"border:6px solid #ffffff;border-radius:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"vitaltissue\" title=\"228 x 228 vital tissue\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/228-x-228-vital-tissue-200x200.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-27241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/228-x-228-vital-tissue-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/228-x-228-vital-tissue.png 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h2 class=\"blauwtweeregels\">Animal free is better for both humans and animals<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p>Every year, around 450,000 experimental animals are still used in the Netherlands, for instance, to assess the safety of medicines and food products. However, humans are not animals, and it is therefore not surprising that 9 out of 10 medicines developed through animal experiments ultimately prove ineffective for humans.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Cyrille Krul adds, &#8220;As health researchers, we prefer to conduct experiments that closely resemble the human situation. Our expectation is that research using fresh human tissue can be better translated to humans, which can lead to faster development of new treatments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><h2 class=\"blauwtweeregels\">If you want to go far, go together<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><div class=\"group final-completion w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-&#091;#444654&#093; gizmo:dark:bg-transparent\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-5\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-&#091;38rem&#093; gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-&#091;40rem&#093; gizmo:xl:max-w-&#091;48rem&#093; xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-&#091;calc(100%-50px)&#093; flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-&#091;calc(100%-115px)&#093; agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-&#091;20px&#093; flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words overflow-x-auto\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>From the very beginning, we have been involved in this wonderful project. Together with representatives from various organizations, such as educational institutions, hospitals, and companies, we ensure the greatest possible impact. Over the next few years, we, along with ZonMw, the ministries of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality, Health, Welfare, and Sport, Education, Culture, and Science, and the independent Dutch tissue bank ETB-BISLIFE, will jointly finance this fantastic development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":22075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[962,966,968],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","category-science","category-wetenschap-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}