HIM’s animal experiment platform operates under national standards. All experiments involving animals are subject to stringent review. Our platform is equipped with a 1000 square meter SPF-class experimental animal facility that is mainly used for rat breeding and experiments. Furthermore, facilities are equipped with a small animal magnetic resonance imaging system, live imaging, infrared second-zone imaging, optical sound imaging, confocal microscope, blood cell analyzer, and other animal-related experiments required equipment.

In the near term, the platform will construct experimental animal breeding facilities that meet AAALC, GLP and ABSL2 standards. We will also develop a genetically engineered animal resource and biological data sharing platform. We will provide important basic support conditions for life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry.

Animal models are only one of the many model systems that biomedical research relies upon to advance new medicine and diagnostics. At HIM, models such as computer modeling, cell culture and bacterial systems are used as alternatives to animal models whenever possible.