Animal research conducted at CRI includes the search for new anti-malarial drugs, and factors affecting susceptibility to malarial infection; studies on animal models of various types of cancers; toxicity of metals, pesticides and air pollutants; acute and chronic toxicity of chemicals found in natural sources; and the health effects of climate change. The major users of the animal facility are researchers from laboratories of Environmental Toxicology, Pharmacology, Immunology, as well as Translational Research Center.