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Göttingen Minipigs Magazine | #67 | Winter 2024

Scientific content:

• The use of neonatal and juvenile (mini)pigs in drug discovery and drug development
• Webinar recording: What's good to know when considering the Göttingen Minipigs for Juvenile toxicology studies?
• Neonatal and juvenile ocular development in Göttingen Minipigs
• Taking care of the pregnant sow and newborn piglets
• Challenges of dermal administration in the juvenile Minipig
• Recommended review papers on Göttingen Minipigs in juvenile studies

Göttingen Minipigs Magazine | #66 | Autumn 2023

Scientific content:

• Hematology, coagulation and clinical chemistry data on Humanized IgG Göttingen Minipigs
• Extract from the paper: Accelerated Wound Healing in Minipigs by On-Site Production and Delivery of CXCL12 by Transformed Lactic Acid Bacteria
• Study Insight: Method development for in vivo direct injection to the dorsal root ganglion (DRG)

Göttingen Minipigs Magazine | #65 | Spring 2023

Scientific content:

• Special edition feature: Portrait of Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs, "Keeping up with science since 1993"
• Species selection: Pigs and biomedical research
• Recommended review papers on Göttingen Minipigs over time

Göttingen Minipigs Magazine | #64 | Winter 2023

Scientific content:

• Behind the paper: Humanised Göttingen minipigs - an alternative animal model to non-human primates in the preclinical safety assessment of therapeutic antibodies
• A small, convenient "on demand" Göttingen Minipig obesity model
• Automated blood sampling in minipigs
• Study Insight: Developing a perinatal asphyxia model with newborn Göttingen Minipigs at the Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs A/S research facility

Göttingen Minipigs Magazine | #63 | Autumn 2022

Scientific content:

• Emesis in minipigs and relevance in nonclinical safety testing
• The effect of GMP housing and handling on the outcome of Peripheral Neuritis Trauma (PNT) model for neuropathic pain
• Training of minipigs to participate in research procedures
• Study Insight: Development of a minipig model for excessive arterial bleeding as tool for Proof of Concept in TL-101n

Göttingen Minipigs Magazine | #62 | Winter 2022

Scientific content:

• Utility of Göttingen Minipigs for translational model in dialysis evaluation
• Göttingen Minipigs: Modeling Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
• Molecular imaging of Göttingen Minipigs
• Study Insight: Evaluating expression of messenger RNA of a target protein

Göttingen Minipigs Magazine | #61 | Autumn 2021

Scientific content:

• Göttingen Minipigs: A preclinical model to develop improved cell injection technologies
• Genomics Integrated Systems Transgenesis (GENISYST) for disease modelling in Göttingen Minipigs
• Genetically modified Göttingen Minipigs for studying cellular mechanisms of agerelated neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease

Göttingen Minipigs Magazine | #60 | Spring 2021

Scientific content:

• Implementation of non-invasive cardiorespiratory and activity assessment in the juvenile minipig using the Decro® jacket system
• New publication regarding recommended nomenclature for reporting of histopathological findings in minipigs used in non-clinical safety studies
• The use of neonatal and juvenile (mini)pigs in drug discovery and drug development
• Blood sampling from Göttingen Minipigs
• Study insight: Understanding vascular regulation in Göttingen Minipigs
• Poster: Taking blood from Göttingen Minipigs while placed in a sling

Göttingen Minipigs Magazine | #59 | Winter 2020

Scientific Content:

• Neonatal and juvenile ocular development in Göttingen Minipigs
• Dosing and routes of administration in Göttingen Minipigs for toxicology studies
• Norecopa: Prepare for better science
• Study Insight: In vivo imaging of stem cell therapy in parkinsonian minipigs
• Poster: Implantation of Rat Vascular Access Buttons in Göttingen Minipigs

Göttingen Minipigs Magazine | #58 | Autumn 2020

Scientific Content:

• Göttingen Minipigs and other laboratory animals in COVID-19 research
• A model for continuous bladder infusion in Göttingen Minipigs
• Naïve plasma levels of Neurofilament Light Chain (NF-L) in different age groups of male and female Göttingen Minipigs
• Study Insight: Outsourcing of pre-experimental study parts in preclinical cardiovascular studies
• Poster: Environmental enrichment for Göttingen Minipigs 

Göttingen Minipigs Magazine | #57 | Spring 2020

Scientific Content:

• Which examinations and tests to perform in juvenile Göttingen Minipigs within the first weeks of life
• Göttingen Minipigs in the era of next-generation sequencing
• Miniature pig in xenotransplantation
• Study Insight: Pain models in Göttingen Minipigs
• Poster: Liver stiffness assessed with Shear Wave Elastography correlates with biopsy data in Göttingen Minipigs with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis