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New Cruelty-Free Insulin Test Now Available Worldwide
The cruelty-free insulin test kit developed by the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine is now commercially available to scientists worldwide through Linco Research, a leading manufacturer of testing supplies.
The Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine developed the test after launching a 2003 study examining the effects of a low-fat vegan diet on diabetes. The insulin test kits on the market at the time used antibodies created in a painful and disturbing way: antibody-producing cells are injected into the abdomens of live mice, turning the animals into living “factories.” Exerts said there was no other way, but the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine proved them wrong.
Dr. Barnard decided to create an alternative, developing insulin antibodies in test tubes instead of in mice. However, since test-tube culture methods often use fetal calf serum, a slaughterhouse byproduct that can harbor bacteria and viruses, the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine collaborated with a laboratory to create a serum-free synthetic growth medium.
The resulting test kit was as accurate as Linco’s existing insulin testing method – or even more so. The company has licensed the method from the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine to offer to researchers measuring insulin in scientific tests.
Megha Even, M.S., the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine researcg analyst who helped develop the test, presented it at a number of scientific meetings in 2005, including the conference of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Assay Development Conference. For more information about the kit, please visit www.lincoresearch.com/products/ezhiasf-14k.html.
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