June 3rd 2021 Recently, the FDA approved an Amgen drug, sotorasib, for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLS) with a specific mutation in a gene known as Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) in patients whose disease has worsened after treatment with chemotherapy or other medicines. This mutation accounts for 13% of NSCLS—the most common … Continue reading FDA approves lung cancer drug #MPAR
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#FactCheckNeeded: How are mice and rats accounted for in the balance of science, medicine, and animal welfare?
Faulty assumptions lead to faulty conclusions. Jeremy D. Bailoo, Sangy Panicker & Allyson J. Bennett January 12th 2021 A new entry in the seemingly eternal quest for universal adoption of European approaches to the regulation of research animals appeared today in the journal Scientific Reports. The author, US veterinarian Larry Carbone, estimates from a sample … Continue reading #FactCheckNeeded: How are mice and rats accounted for in the balance of science, medicine, and animal welfare?
Mice, rats, pigs – and my mom
December 6, 2019 by Amanda M. Dettmer, PhD, Associate Research Scientist, Yale Child Study Center My mother just came home from a 5-day stay in the hospital last night, and today, this article about new research from my fellow scientists at Yale landed in my inbox: Seeing as how my mom went in for issues … Continue reading Mice, rats, pigs – and my mom
Research Roundup: GM Pigs and hope for the organ crisis, tiny robots helping to cure bacterial infections and more!
Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: GM Pigs and hope for the organ crisis, tiny robots helping to cure bacterial infections and more!
Research Roundup: Brain circuits for dominance, new HepC rodent model, eye repair in zebrafish and more
Welcome to this week’s Research Roundup. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s Research Roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form … Continue reading Research Roundup: Brain circuits for dominance, new HepC rodent model, eye repair in zebrafish and more
Research Roundup: Ebola vaccine hope for apes, gene therapy for dogs, and research into stroke
Welcome to the second of our Research Roundups. These Friday posts aim to inform our readers about the many stories that relate to animal research each week. Do you have an animal research story we should include in next week’s roundup? You can send it to us via our Facebook page or through the contact form on … Continue reading Research Roundup: Ebola vaccine hope for apes, gene therapy for dogs, and research into stroke
When are rats, mice, birds and fish protected by US federal laws?
There is sometimes confusion about how US law protects rats, mice and non-mammalian vertebrates such as birds and fish. Much of this confusion is rooted in the fact that the US Animal Welfare Act (AWA) explicitly excludes purpose-bred rodents (rats of the genus Rattus rattus, mice of the genus Mus mus), as well as birds … Continue reading When are rats, mice, birds and fish protected by US federal laws?
Guest Post: The Importance of Animals in Neuroscience Research
Our guest post today is from Dr. Stacey A Bedwell, a postdoctoral researcher at Nottingham Trent University, whose work focuses in the prefrontal cortex of the mammalian brain. In this post she discusses her work with rats, and why it is important for neuroscience. If you are interested in writing a guest post for us, … Continue reading Guest Post: The Importance of Animals in Neuroscience Research
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