• Types of disease
    • Sepsis
    • Pneumonia
    • Urinary tract infections (UTI)
  • Infective agents
    • Escherichia coli
    • Klebsiella pnaumoniae
    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • Staphylococcus aureus
    • Streptococcus pneumoniae

 

  • Oncology models
    • Xenografts of human cancer cells in nude mice
    • Allografts of mouse cancer cells in immunocompetent mice
  • Applications:
    • Subcutaneous tumors
    • Orthotopic tumor

  • Efficacy of a drug in a mouse model of disease
    • Different routes of administration (intravenous, intraperitoneal, intratracheal/pulmonary, intraurethral
  • Pharmacokinetics
    • Area under the Drug Concentration Curve (AUC<)
    • Volume of Distribution (Vd)
    • Clearance
  • Toxicity
    • no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL)
    • maximum tolerated dose (MTD)

  • Integrated optical and microCT technology
    • 3D optical tomography for fluorescence and bioluminescence
    • Cerenkov imaging for optical radiotracer imaging
    • DyCE™ dynamic enhanced imaging for real time distribution studies of both fluorochromes or PET tracers ideal for PK/PD applications
    • microCT, low dose and ultra fast
  • Applications:
    • Infectious diseases
    • Oncology
    • Musculo-skeletal research
    • Cardiovascular research
    • Neurology research
    • Respiratory research

 

Ask me for info about these services: chiara.falciani@unisi.it