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Get Active – Fundraise with LDF this Summer!

The Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research is looking for dedicated volunteers to help us in their upcoming street collection. This summer our Street Team will be hitting shopping centres and high...

Survey to assess animal use in higher education

LDF is currently funding a survey, conducted by researchers at Edinburgh University to allow information to be gathered about the use of animals in education throughout Europe. The electronic survey...

Animal-free cataract model developed

Dr. Michael Wormstone’s laboratory at the University of East Anglia was funded for one year. The culmination of this work was a successful in vitro model. This model will allow the testing of intraocular...

LDF announces two exciting grants for 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...

New toxicity testing application set to save thousands of mice and guinea pigs

US company Hurel, along with funding from cosmetics giant L'Oreal, have announced an innovative new toxicty testing application that is set to replace thousands of mice and guinea pigs used to text the...

Animal-free model of cartilage tissue repair

A Tissue Construct Model for Investigating Ultrasound Effects in Cartilage – 12 Month Progress Report Pictured: Dr. Jamie Harle, who works on the project with Dr. Vehid Salih The reliance upon...

New progress made in development of all human tissue model of Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB)

With 25% of cancers found in the body spreading to the brain and worsening patient prognosis, it is vital to understand the mechanisms by which cancerous cells metastasise (move) into the brain, thereby...

Aston opening throws spotlight on research without animals

The LDF fMRI facility at Aston University was formally opened on 4th September by Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr Mike Sharpe. The day, which attracted extensive media coverage, highlighted how nueroscience...