Calling it a 'crime and nightmare', the investors behind a new non-animal testing lab attended its grand opening at the University of Windsor.
The celebration for the 'Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods' or, C-CAM, took place Thursday morning in the Essex CORe building.
The new research lab is dedicated to developing and promoting non-animal testing thanks to a $1-million donation in 2018 by the Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation.
Margolis was a former owner and chair of Jamieson Lab and has turned his attention to ending animal testing.
"Stopping any and all animal testing is one of my hearts' main projects," he says. "Secondly because it was in Windsor, dear ole Windsor, glad to do something here."
He says it gives the university a unique opportunity to stand out in education and the scientific landscape.