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Ducks Offer Unique Opportunity to Study Human Touch

March 1, 2019

Researchers at Yale University gain insights into the mechanics of touch by studying the sensitive skin on ducks' bills...

No Female Mice? Scientists May Still Approve NIH Grant

December 13, 2018

More scientists are including female animals in preclinical research, but reviewers aren't prioritizing it for funding

Nanotechnology and the Chemistry of Color-Changing Lizards

September 14, 2018

ACS Reactions looks at the reasons why chameleons are masters of nanotechnology

The University of Alabama’s Laboratory of Evolutionary and Integrative Physiology

September 3, 2018

Burmese python lab unlocks clues of digestive system function

Illinois Study Pioneers Humane Feline Research Facility

August 24, 2018

A group of researchers created a unique study environment designed to bridge the gap between the lab and the real world...

Scientists Discover Neurodegenerative Disease in Monkeys

July 30, 2018

OHSU discovery could accelerate development of new gene therapies for Batten disease

Researchers See Human Immune Response in the Fruit Fly

June 20, 2018

Researchers have seen how both humans and fruit flies deploy a protein that plays a critical role in their immune responses t...

Working Safely with Small Animals

April 10, 2018

Remember safe handling and hygiene procedures when working with small animals

The Secrets Behind the Cuttlefish's 3-D 'Invisibility Cloak'

February 16, 2018

Scientists have identified the neural circuits that enable the cuttlefish to change its appearance in just the blink of an ey...

Roadmap to Guide Progress Toward Replacing Animal Use in Toxicity Testing

January 30, 2018

Report facilitates the development of toxicological testing methods that replace, reduce, or refine the use of animals...

New Technology Developed for Engineering Animal Models

May 22, 2017

Easi-CRISPR allows researchers to create much-needed animal models at previously unheard of rates and significantly lower cos...

Evaluation of Scientific Rigor in Animal Research

December 6, 2016

Based on this study, the current practice of authorizing animal experiments appears to rest on an assumption of scientific ri...

Researchers Innovate Brain Preservation Technique

August 19, 2016

Team hopes that people living in or near remote areas flush with biodiversity can take this preservation technique, use it, a...

Scientists Call for Replacement of Animals in Antibody Production

July 22, 2016

They say an animal-friendly antibody production technique using bacteriophage viruses instead of live animals is being overlo...

Mouse Model of Autism Offers Insights to Human Patients, Potential Drug Targets

May 11, 2016

Autism researchers worldwide could use the mouse model to study ways to compensate for the gene and improve symptoms in peopl...

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