Posts tagged nanomaterial
Vireo Publishes "Characterization of a Human In Vitro Intestinal Model for the Hazard Assessment of Nanomaterials Used in Cancer Immunotherapy"
Vireo Publishes "Characterization of a Human In Vitro Intestinal Model for the Hazard Assessment of Nanomaterials Used in Cancer Immunotherapy"

Vireo, and our co-authors at Baylor University, have published a study advancing the use of alternative testing strategies for nanomaterial safety assessments.

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Alternate Testing, Leadership, Nanomaterials, Safety, Nanotechnology, Risk AnalysisJames EdeVireo Advisors, Baylor University, alternative testing strategies, nanomaterial safety assessments, in vitro, cell-based intestinal model, nanomaterial, nanomaterial hazard assessment, animal testingComment
A Robust Cell-based Model Useful for Predicting Potential Adverse Effects on the Lung Following Nanomaterial Inhalation
A Robust Cell-based Model Useful for Predicting Potential Adverse Effects on the Lung Following Nanomaterial Inhalation

Recent efforts are aiming to promote the use and adoption of Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs) to demonstrate the safety of advanced materials and technologies such as nanomaterials.

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Alternate Testing, Nanomaterials, SafetyJames EdeAOPs, Cell-based Model, nanomaterial inhalation, safety, EpiAlveolar, occupational routes of exposure, Chronic animal inhalation studies, sub-chronic animal inhalation studies, animal-testing, Adverse Outcome Pathways, toxicology frameworks, key biological events, fibrosis, multiwalled carbon nanotubes, alternative testing strategies, nanomaterialComment
Vireo Advisors Coordinating OECD Workshop to Advance Use of Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOP) for Nanomaterial Risk Assessment
Vireo Advisors Coordinating OECD Workshop to Advance Use of Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOP) for Nanomaterial Risk Assessment

Vireo Advisors is collaborating with Health Canada and two European Horizon2020 projects to coordinate two back-to-back workshops at the OECD: “Advancing Adverse Outcome Pathway (NanoAOP) Development for Nanomaterial Risk Assessment and Categorization” (NanoAOP Workshop), to be held 11 September 2019, and a stakeholder workshop organized by the EU H2020 Project Physiologically Anchored Tools for Realistic nanOmateriaL hazard aSsessment (PATROLS ), to be held 12 September 2019.

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Events, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Risk AnalysisJames EdeAdverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs), Vireo Advisors, Health Canada, European Horizon2020, SmartNanoTox, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Conference Center, Boulogne, Paris, France, NanoAOP Workshop, nanomaterial, AOP frameworks, OECD WPMN, HalappanavarComment
USDA Forest Service and P3Nano Collaborative Projects on Cellulose Nanomaterials
USDA Forest Service and P3Nano Collaborative Projects on Cellulose Nanomaterials

During a review meeting at the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in Madison, Wisconsin, the USDA Forest Service and the US Endowment for Forestry and Communities discussed a public-private partnership named P3Nano examined projects in which they had co-invested in 2016 in an effort to fund cellulose nanomaterials research ($4 million total, $2 million from FS, $2 million from the partner).

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Commercialization, Nanomaterials, InnovationJames EdeVireo Advisors, University of Maine, Yreka, California, p3 Nano, USDA Forest Service, US Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Georgia Tech, FPL, nanom, nanomaterialComment
EPA Released Updated Guidance for the TSCA Nano Rule   
EPA Released Updated Guidance for the TSCA Nano Rule   

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) Information Gathering Rule on Nanomaterials in Commerce (EPA Nano Rule) took effect on August 14th (see our updates on this rule here).

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Policy, Regulation, Nanomaterials, GuidanceJames EdeEPA, Guidance for the TSCA NanoRule, working guidance, Section 8(a) Information Gathering Rule on Nanomaterials in Commerce, nanomaterial, nanoscale substances, Vireo AdvisorsComment