Non-technical summaries granted during 2013: volume 13
Volume 13 of the non-technical summaries granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 during 2013.
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The following projects are listed in volume 13 of 2013:
- effects of dysregulated glucocorticoid exposure (covering prednisolone, dexamethasone, metabolism, cognition)
- testing coronary stents in a rabbit iliac model (covering thrombosis)
- production of genetically altered animals
- regulation of immune responses to infection (covering innate immunity, macrophages, neutrophils, influenza)
- corneal graft rejection in high-risk recipients (covering intraocular inflammation, immunomodulation, artificial cornea, imaging)
- why do grey squirrels strip the bark off trees? (covering sciurus carolinensis, bark-stripping, calcium, deficiency)
- studies of peptide receptors in the intestine
- the role of RING finger proteins in malignancy (covering PML, BRCA1, DNA repair)
- strain typing of TSE agents (covering scrapie, prion, strain)
- immunomodulation in poultry (covering immune response, bird, disease resistance, vaccine)