Scientists Do Terrible Things to Lab Mice. Is There a Better Way?
Scientists stress out lab mice, a lot. Inducing chronic stress and anxiety in these furry critters is how scientists explore ...
What went wrong with autism research? Let’s start with lab mice.
Fifteen years ago, researchers introduced the first two mouse models of autism, each carrying a genetic mutation linked to autism in humans. They claimed that these mice behaved like autistic humans, ...
Lab mice are getting their own back by deliberately messing up experiments
Laboratory mice are deliberately making mistakes during experiments and annoying the scientists watching them. The humble lab ...
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Why Mice and Rats are used in Science Research
With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...
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Synthetic vitamin K precursor found to slow progression of prostate cancer in lab mice
reports evidence that a synthetic vitamin K precursor can be used to slow the progression of prostate cancer in lab mice. Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men ...