National Farm for Laboratory Animals Opens an Infinite Way for Bio and Medical Technologies
The laboratory animals farm opens a way to the infinite of cellular, medical and other bio sciences of our country and provides the efflorescence opportunity in different fields especially the regenerative medicine.
According to the public relations and information center of the presidency vice presidency for science and technology affairs; Amir Ali Hamidieh- secretary of the council for development of stem cell sciences and technologies of the vice presidency for science affairs, mentioned the role of laboratory animals farm in fundamental and infrastructural researches in different scientific fields especially in stem cells and regenerative medicine and said: The laboratory animals farm opens a way to the infinite of cellular, medical and other bio sciences of our country and provides the efflorescence opportunity in different fields especially the regenerative medicine.
Stating that the day-to-day raising attention of the world to advanced sciences and technologies especially stem cells and regenerative medicine increases the necessity of paying attention to infrastructural researches and scientific and technological empowerments in this field, Hamidieh declared: We see that using and paying attention to stem cells is rising increasingly. Therefore, the essential infrastructures for preclinical studies must be paid attention to.
Stating that the animals farm provides various services such as producing laboratory animals and also products produced from them as well as compensating the lack of providing laboratory animals imaging services in our country, Hamidieh said: In addition to save extinguishing species of the country, this farm is capable to provide varied and applied produced from animals for other non-medical disciplines.
Secretary of the council for development of stem cell sciences and technologies said that moving toward creating job via knowledge-based businesses to be another advantage of this farm.
Based on this report, the first phase of the first laboratory animals farm of Iran was inaugurated today morning with attendance of the president of vice presidency for science and technology affairs.
The first stage of the national center for growing laboratory animals includes rodents, reptiles, aquatic, primates (monkey), leech, snail, some insects such as honey bee and also camel utilized today.
The complex resulted from cooperation between the council for development of stem cell sciences and technologies of the vice presidency for science affairs, Shahid Bahonar university of Kerman, Kerman university for medical sciences and knowledge based companies.
Moreover, a camel-growing memorandum was signed in this ceremony between the Omran Mehr Shahdad company and the national farm of growing laboratory animals which 3 special experts for growing camel will be present in this center to save the extinguishing species.
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