by robbie ianson price | Jul 7, 2025 | Funded Projects
BACKGROUND Today, new antifibrotic drugs for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are tested in mice with the bleomycin-induced lung-injury and lung fibrosis model. Nevertheless, the resulting fibrotic lung of rodents is different from the fibrotic lung of IPF...
by robbie ianson price | Jul 7, 2025 | Funded Projects
BACKGROUND Many hundred-thousand rodents, mostly mice, are used in behavioural neuroscience research every year. This is necessary, because behaviour is the ultimate readout for brain function in health and disease, and developing treatments for brain disorders...
by robbie ianson price | Jul 7, 2025 | Funded Projects
BACKGROUND Manmade chemicals have become an essential commodity in our daily lives, from personal care to medicine and agriculture. Regulators require companies to conduct safety testing because, despite their benefits, such chemicals may also pose risks to human and...
by robbie ianson price | Jul 7, 2025 | Funded Projects
BACKGROUND Surgery is an integral part of many experimental animal studies. Anaesthesia and analgesia protocols are obvious targets for refinement. Good surgical practice, however, is often neglected. Performing surgery fast, minimally invasive and with optimal...
by robbie ianson price | Jul 7, 2025 | Funded Projects
BACKGROUND Organoids are miniature organs generated from stem cells that provide unique in vitro models of organs in health and disease, and hold promises for personalized medicine and tissue engineering. They alleviate the need for animal experiments, as...
