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Aug 20, 2024 · Federal laws do not require researchers to make public the number of rats, mice and birds—the three species that make up more than 95 percent of testing subjects—bred for research purposes.
Feb 27, 2019 · For decades, lab rats and mice have been used to make great scientific and medical advances, from cancer drugs and HIV antiretrovirals to the yearly flu vaccine.
Jan 12, 2021 · Alone among Western nations, the United States has a two-tier system for welfare protections for vertebrate animals in research. Because its Animal Welfare Act (AWA) excludes laboratory rats and...
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Sep 9, 2021 · Despite tens of thousands of papers on lab rats, rat scholar Michael Parsons say we know next to nothing about their relatives that inhabit our cities: the urban, wild rat.
Jun 23, 2023 · This is why some researchers are letting their rats run somewhat free instead of all being confined to small containers — which may produce more useful data. Wanted: Drama Queens. While...
Jul 14, 2021 · Lab Animal - After a genetic revolution in the 80s, mice overtook rats as the laboratory animal of choice for many researchers. But in recent years, the gene editing capabilities that had lagged...
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Feb 26, 2020 · In a study 1 posted to bioRxiv this month, geneticists identified dozens of genes involved in diet, behaviour and movement that might have helped New York rats to thrive. Squeaky clean mice could...
