The use of rodents as a model for human cancer has been an important tool in the development and translation of innovative anti-cancer therapies. The service that we provide makes use of xenograft tumor models in immune deficient (nu/nu) mice, as well as transgenic and conditional/knock-in based engineered models that target known tumor promoting pathways. Genetic and phenotypic characterization of both xenograft tissue and genetically engineered animals allows the correlation of drug-target interaction, as well as the ability to test predictions of pathway-targeted anti-tumor efficacy. To test synergistic activity, novel therapeutics—generated both from within UCSF as well as externally—are tested alone and in rational combinations and dosing sequences. Tumor response to therapeutics is detected by a combination of direct tumor measurement and molecular imaging methods. Cell/tissue culture and engraftment The PTC has expertise in high volume cell culture, and maintains a larg
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