Penn State College of Medicine

Contact Info:

Zissis Chroneos

https://research.med.psu.edu/core-facilities/pulmonary-immunology-physiology/

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RRID: RRID:SCR_025624

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Description:

Core provides development and testing of small animal models to be used for pre-clinical pulmonary research. BSL2 facility that allows the assessment of pulmonary function related to airway hyper-responsiveness, ventilation-induced lung injury, postnatal lung development, airway remodeling, chronic inflammation, allergy, environmental exposures and infection. Services offered include oxygen profiling, infection and treatment; ability to deliver, measure and test pre-clinical potential of therapeutic interventions via aerosol; and housing of small animals.