Non-technical summaries granted during 2013: volume 39
Volume 39 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 39 of 2013:
- strategies for brain repair (covering neurotransplantation, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, animal models)
- blood products and antibodies for research (covering complement, immunology)
- mechanisms of ischaemia reperfusion injury in the kidney
- creation, breeding and maintenance of genetically altered rodents
- role of the innate immune system in an animal model of multiple sclerosis (covering central nervous system, inflammation, demyelination)
- production and maintenance of GM zebrafish (covering genetic modification, cryopreservation, IVF)
- function and regulation of the immune system (covering autoimmunity, cell signalling, tumours, lymphocyte biology)
- regulation of breathing by hypoxia and hypercapnia (covering AMPK, LKB1, breathing, pulmonary)
- neuronal cell development and survival (covering disease, motor neuron, axonal transport, RNA metabolism)
- effects of phytase in farm production (covering efficiency, environment, enzyme, pig, nutrients)
- management of insulin resistance in ponies (covering laminitis, equine metabolic syndrome, equidae, nutraceutical)