National Antivisection Society
LDF announces two exciting grants for 2010
22 March 2010
Following a successful year of project funding in 2009, which saw a number of cutting-edge, animal replacement projects brought to fruition, LDF has just announced two exciting new grants for 2010.
The well established and successful collaboration LDF maintains with Professor Paul Furlong at Aston University will be extended as LDF grants funding for a further five years. Professor Furlong had been leading cutting-edge research at the Aston Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) facility since 2004, building on a previous highly successful portfolio of work.
The renewed funding will be building on this research by allowing the development and improvement of neuroimaging techniques, including MRI, FMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging), MRS (Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy) and DTI (Diffusion Tensor Imaging).
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The science of neurodevelopment is in an exciting phase. New models which will allow researchers to study and diagnose conditions in the human brain non-invasively are on the horizon. Animal models are rapidly being replaced with more robust, humane techniques using human volunteers and LDF is excitingly placed in providing key funds to such advanced, cutting-edge research.
Another longstanding grant holder, Professor David Dewhurst at the University of Edinburgh, has also been awarded a new grant for 2010 which will enable the fruition of the ReCAL project – one which will have spanned a longstanding LDF collaboration of 25 years in 2011. The new grant will be used for the ReCAL 2 project to enhance the impact of computer-based educational alternatives on animal use in the teaching of biomedical sciences.
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We are looking forward to monitoring the development of these projects over the coming months and years and to reporting on developments. The projects will undoubtedly be exciting additions to the world of animal replacement science thereby aiding better science for both humans and animals.
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