Braingineering Technologies
Knowledge Source Identification | |
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Knowledge source name | Braingineering Technologies |
Abbreviated name | BTECH |
Owner/Developer | Braingineering Technologies |
Abbreviated owner | BTECH |
Country | Luxembourg |
Languages | English |
URL | http://www.braingineering.lu/ |
Contact email | info@braingineering.lu |
Description | With a new high-tech Brain-on-a-Chip technology Braingineering Technologies (BTech), a spin-off of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), supports pharmaceutical companies in the drug discovery and pre-clinical testing phase to identify compounds that are promising to pass the clinical trials by providing relevant in vitro models. BTech focuses on neurodegenerative diseases: Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and further diseases. The advantages to 2D in vitro and animal testing is that the 3D Brain-on-a-Chip technology mimics human neurodegenerative diseases more adequately, it enables medium throughput screening, it reduces animal testing and it ensues low costs for the customer due to less media. |
Knowledge Source Category | |
Category | Organization |
Sub categories | Biotech Company, R&D Company |
Knowledge Dissemination and Sharing | |
Dissemination channel | Website, Professional online network |
Targeted audience (specified/objective analysis) | Scientists, Industry |
Users access | Open access |
Knowledge Characterization | |
3Rs relevance | Reduction, Replacement |
Purpose | Production and quality control, Fundamental studies, Method development, Efficacy testing, Toxicological and safety evaluation |
Technology/Tools | Alternative test methods (in vitro), Tissue engineering |