Local start-up launches animal-free cosmetics testing platform

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Compare this with meat culture in the lab.....potential for sci&tech to allow us to indulge in the pleasure of eating meat, and be assured of the safety of food and cosmetic products without the ethical concerns of subjecting animals to cruelty.....

the emerging field of “organ-on-chip” technologies, which seeks to model – on small chips made of plastic, glass or silicon – how human organs work. These could make testing for drugs, foods and cosmetics in the lab more accurate and efficient. In-vitro tests are performed in laboratories outside of human or animal bodies.

In Singapore, the use of animals for testing cosmetic products is not prohibited, but it is regulated by the Animals and Birds (Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes) Rules and the guidelines set by the National Advisory Committee for Laboratory Animal Research.

Singapore, a biomedical sciences hub in Asia, is already home to the manufacturing plants of some of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, including GSK, Pfizer and Amgen.

Qn: Can the use of animals for scientific research ever be justified? (Cam. 2017)