Alternative Methods
Genomic
Pharmogene Laboratories in Royston, England uses only human tissues and computer technologies in the process of drug development and testing. (‘Pioneers Cut Out Animal Experiments’, New Scientist, 31. Aug. 1996).
Genomic Methods In Australia
Australian Genome Research Facility
www.agrf.org.au
Australia's largest genomic services provider with state-of-the-art facilities in Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. Servicing the academic and commercial markets, AGRF provides genomic service solutions across the entire biological spectrum from microbes to plants, animals and humans.
Genetic Repositories Australia
www.powmri.edu.au/gra.htm.
GRA has been supported by an NHMRC Enabling Facility Grant to establish a central national facility for establishing, distributing and maintaining the long-term secure storage of human genetic samples from a variety of sources. This includes the production and provision of immortalised lymphoblast cell lines and DNA samples. GRA is based at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute in Sydney. The Chief Investigators on the NHMRC Enabling Grant are: Prof Peter Schofield, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and University of New South Wales; Dr Juleen Cavanaugh, Australian National University, Medical School, Canberra Hospital; Dr Susan Forrest, Australian Genome Research Facility; Prof John Hopper, Centre for Genetic Epidemiology, University of Melbourne.
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