Lumbriculus variegatus: A novel organism for in vivo pharmacology education

Seeley, Aidan; Bellamy, Caitlin; Davies, Nia; Wallace, Lisa

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Lumbriculus variegatus: A novel organism for in vivo pharmacology education

Aidan Seeley

, Caitlin Bellamy, Nia Davies, Lisa Wallace

Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, Volume: 9, Issue: 5

Swansea University Authors: Aidan Seeley , Caitlin Bellamy, Nia Davies, Lisa Wallace

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Pharmacology graduates require an understanding of both in vitro and in vivo drug responses but there has been a decline in animal use in pharmacology education over the last 30 years. To address this, we present the novel invertebrate model, Lumbriculus variegatus, for in vivo testing of drugs in a...

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