Advancing cancer immunotherapy research with rodent models
Immunotherapies have offered new hope to patients that haven’t responded to traditional cancer treatments. While many of these breakthroughs have improved survival rates and patient outcomes, ongoing...
Key considerations for non-human primate environmental enrichment
With animal welfare always a top priority at Inotiv, enrichment is considered part of a continuous improvement process that takes into account latest training, approaches, and methods to ensure...
The fine art of contract breeding
The quality of preclinical research is key to the successful translation of new drugs to the clinic. An important driver of this quality is a healthy, meticulously managed, and accurately...
4 tips to help secure research funding
Securing research funding is becoming increasingly difficult with the ever-growing competition across all disciplines worldwide vying for grant approval. For instance, the National Institutes of...
Rodents in research: Is 2020 the year of the lab rat?
Lab rats and mice have been used for decades to make great medical advances, from HIV antiretrovirals to the flu vaccine. But there’s always been an interesting debate about which is the more useful...
Care and husbandry for immunodeficient rodents: guidance to reduce risks in your research
Immunodeficient rodents can serve as a valuable part of basic research studies to help researchers better understand immune-related diseases and immune response. Use of these unique models have...
4 tips for developing a laboratory animal care training program
The quality of research and welfare of laboratory animals greatly depends on the competence of those caring for them humanely and responsibly. That is why a comprehensive training program is vital to...
