Eureka Prize recognises pioneering research replacing use of animals.

摘要

Scientists who developed a breakthrough a research method which reduces the use of animals in the laboratory have been awarded this year's esteemed Voiceless Eureka Prize.Associate Professor Maria Kavallaris and colleagues at Children's Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research(CCIA)and the University of New South Wales(UNSW)used advanced molecular biology and cell culture techniques to develop a method for accurately identifying mechanisms of drug resistance in cancer cells without the need for animal models.