It’s tiny, but this lab mouse could have a mammoth impact. With curly whiskers and wavy, light hair that grows three times longer than that of an ordinary lab mouse, the genetically modified rodent ...
The Jackson Laboratory isn't letting any moss grow under its planned $1.1 billion laboratory expansion in Farmington, Conn., announced last fall. The groundbreaking for the 183,000-square-foot ...
When laboratory mice step out of their plastic cages and into real soil, their behavior changes so dramatically that it forces a rethink of what stress, health and even “normal” really mean. The story ...
Lab mice are notoriously clean: To prevent introducing anything that could disrupt results, researchers house them in sterile conditions, and the food and water they ingest are monitored for extreme ...
The laboratory mouse or lab mouse is a small mammal of the order Rodentia which is bred and used for scientific research or feeders for certain pets. Laboratory mice are usually of the species Mus ...
With Jackson Laboratory’s Ellsworth operations well underway, the nonprofit biomedical research institution says it will now hire 300 new employees. Of the new hires, 200 will be in animal care. The ...
The millions of mice used in labs are extremely important for medical research. But for them, life is almost always miserable. Imagine spending your entire life in a shoebox-sized cell, with stagnant ...
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