Dr Hadwen-funded projects eliminate animal testing
Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research
Medical-research projects
This year, the Dr Hadwen Trust will fund medical-research projects in areas such as epilepsy, bone disease in childhood leukaemia, brain cell imaging, nanotoxicity testing and abdominal pain studies.
Through its work, the Dr Hadwen Trust is funding projects that develop more human relevant approaches using modern methods and replace the need for animal experiments.
This year's grants include: epilepsy - Newcastle University, 2010 - 2012; bone disease - Cardiff University, 2010 - 2012; brain-cell imaging - Birmingham University, 2010 - 2013; nanotoxicity testing - Nottingham University, 2010 - 2012; and abdominal-pain studies - Barts and Queen Mary's, University of London, 2010 - 2013.
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