Abstract
The invention provides a method and an assay for predicting the pharmacologic and/or pharmacokinetic and/or pharmacodynamic activity and/or effective concentration of a test material using cell and/or protozoa and/or micro-organism by assessing the effect of the test material on the and/or protozoa and/or micro-organism. Further, the invention provides an apparatus or a system, which comprises a donor and a receiver compartments, separated by membrane, wherein cell and/or protozoa and/or micro-organism are present in the receiver compartments, for predicting the pharmacologic of pharmacokinetic effects such as effective concentration of a test material, by assessing the effect of the test material, on the cell and/or protozoa and/or micro-organism. In addition, the invention provides use of an artificial human skin for measuring the diffusion or the penetration of a test material through the skin.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Patent number | GB2433319 |
| IPC | C12Q 1/ 18 A I |
| Priority date | 10/23/03 |
| State | Published - Jun 20 2007 |