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...
5 key research industry trends
Companies, businesses and research institutions dedicated to protecting and improving human, animal and plant life continue to make breakthroughs in understanding the nature of diseases that affect...
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...
Best practices for bridging studies to generate data and validate a new strain
In this blog on bridging studies, we provide general best-practices relevant to oncology bridging studies, including basic study design considerations and insights that are the culmination of many...
Top 3 benefits of RFID microchips for monitoring your surgical studies
Manual surgical monitoring techniques can be tedious for lab technicians as well as animals, given the multiple welfare checks needed per day plus the need for workers to update records accordingly....
Top 4 reasons to use peer-reviewed publications to support oncology model research
Preclinical evaluation of a molecular compound and testing a therapeutic approach for a potential cancer treatment often relies on biomedical research with cancer cell lines. Selecting the most...
4 key animal research insights from AALAS 2018
The 69th American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) National Meeting recently took place in Baltimore, Maryland. A forum for those dedicated to the humane care and treatment of...
