Fracture Research Animal Models Database (FRAMD)

FRAMD is a comprehensive, open-access, online database. It sources peer-reviewed scientific publications that use research animal models to study fracture trauma and disease. This dedicated resource enhances users’ ability to select clinically relevant, reproducible, and humane animal models of fracture injury and disease that pertain to their research focus and—importantly—will reduce the unnecessary use of research animals.

FRAMD provides researchers and funding agencies with easy, all-in-one access to a vast array of peer-reviewed fracture science literature, making it easier for users to find the best animal model to test an intervention.

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A thorough appreciation for the research animal model selection process, the range of available models, and what each model offers in terms of validity is incumbent on any orthopedic researcher or fracture-associated grant funding body. FRAMD can help these stakeholders by serving as an additional information resource that supplements traditional sources, such as textbooks, that quickly become outdated, and other databases whose search algorithms and bare-bones results can challenge users looking for comprehensive animal model information.

How does FRAMD benefit you and your research project?

FRAMD fills an unmet need by providing preclinical researchers and funding agencies with a dedicated resource that will enhance their ability to select animal models of fracture injury and disease that pertain to the investigator’s research focus and are clinically relevant, reproducible, and humane. FRAMD will reduce the unnecessary use of research animals, heighten workplace efficiency, and reduce costs by avoiding use of ill-suited or outdated animal models. FRAMD may particularly benefit: research scientists/clinicians participating in grant writing and organizations seeking best-practice assurance (eg, academic research societies, grant funding agencies, contract research organizations).