Hera News & Events

Early Discovery In Rats And Humanized Rodents

Do you have a compound and want a quick and cost effective in vivo evaluation?  We offer a range of preliminary in vivo capabilities as well as the ability to screen compounds in both traditional animal rodent models, such as Sprague-Dawley rats and genetically engineered models (custom services & in vivo liver gene delivery available) including “humanized” liver rodent models, which are immunodeficient animals in which the native liver has been ablated and then engrafted with human hepatocytes, which proliferate to restore the functioning liver.

2022-02-19T04:38:31+00:00

In Vivo Liver Gene Delivery

The in vivo delivery of transgenes into the liver of rats provide a rapid method for the creation of liver specific disease models, as well as gene therapy efficacy and toxicity testing models, without the time and cost for embryo modification and transgenic animal creation. By combining the highly efficient liver-targeting properties of rAAV with the piggyBac transposon, the transgene of interest stably integrates into the genome and is reliably expressed1.

2022-02-23T05:31:57+00:00

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