Benchtop method for fabricating organ-on-a-chip devices wins International 3Rs Prize

The winner of this year's 3Rs Prize is Dr Daniel Ferreira at the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Portugal. Watch this recording, to learn more about Daniel's prize winning research making organ-on-a-chip systems more accessible to labs worldwide. Highly commended for this year's prize is Dr Ben Newland for his publication describing a method to induce focal lesions in tissue slices to create an ex vivo model of multiple sclerosis Read our announcement: https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/news/benchtop-method-fabricating-organ-chip-devices-wins-international-3rs-prize Learn more about the prize: https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/international-3rs-prize. The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) is a UK-based scientific organisation dedicated to helping the research community worldwide to replace, refine and reduce the use of animals in research. Primarily funded by the UK Government, the NC3Rs is also supported by the charitable and private sectors. It collaborates with organisations from across the life sciences sector, nationally and internationally, including universities, industries, other research funders and regulatory authorities. For more information about the NC3Rs, visit http://www.nc3rs.org.uk.