While PATh’s chief purpose is to provide a comprehensive pre-clinical platform to reliably develop cancer models and test novel therapeutics, we understand that there may not always be a need for all the services that are offered. Therefore, we also offer our PDX services in an a la carte fashion. Second, the PATh facility has over twenty years of small animal surgical experience with a wide variety of expertise. Listed below are some of the core competencies that PATh can perform along with a willingness to try novel procedures that may be necessary to complete experiments. Budgets for surgical procedures can be created after a consultation to discuss investigator needs.

Telemeter Implantation

• Carotid placement
• Femoral placement
• Abdominal aorta placement
• Intraperitoneal placement

Brain Surgeries

• Injection of virus (Ad, AAV, Lenti) to specific regions
• Placement of cannula

General Procedures & Surgeries

• Osmotic pump implantation (subQ or IP)
• Ovariectomy
• Vasectomy
• Myocardial infarction
• Intravenous infusion
• Tail vein, subcutaneous, Intraperitoneal, Intramuscular injections
• Simple metabolic cages (water intake, urine collection, food consumption)