Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) is a genetically engineered hormone sometimes misused by high-performance athletes such as cyclists and marathon runners to boost their endurance. The potential misuse of the drug is detected in urine collected from athletes.

Finger ring dosemeters are used at diverse workplaces having ionizing radiation, e.g. in medicine and industry, in order to check whether the effective dose limt values are adhered to. The dosemeters used to measure beta radiation have been subjected to an annual quality control by the PTB for six years now. Since then, all dosimeter models used in Germany have passed these controls.

Testing the safety of chemicals ranging from pesticides to household cleaners will benefit from new technologies and a plan for collaboration, according to federal scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who today announced a new toxicity testing agreement.

A new plan to further reduce, refine and replace the use of animals in research and regulatory testing commonly referred to as the 3Rs was unveiled today at a symposium marking the 10-year anniversary of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM).

Verso Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSO), a global provider of next-generation network solutions, and Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), the global leader in broadband satellite services and solutions, today announced that they have successfully concluded inter-operability testing of the Verso NetPerformer® solution over the Hughes broadband satellite platform.

At SHARE in San Diego today, CA announced new versions of three mainframe application quality assurance and testing solutions that help organizations more effectively leverage their legacy application investments within a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) environment.