A colour change for laboratory mice
Mice are the most widely-studied mammalian model organism, but not all lab mice are alike. Most varieties, or strains, of mice used in science originate from mice kept as pets by enthusiasts at the...
View ArticleMarmosets and research into Parkinson’s Disease
A fascinating video of a Parkinson’s sufferer’s visit to an animal research facility. The video was produced by Richard Scrase from Understanding Animal Research, and here is his insight into its...
View ArticleScience Action Network needs you!
Tom Holder works for Understanding Animal Research and is running a campaign to encourage scientists to respond to misinformation about animal research Pop quiz: Question: An animal rights group...
View ArticleLung-on-a-chip
In the news this week has been an interesting approach to replicating human disease in a ‘lung-on-a-chip’ device. The lung-on-a-chip, which is about the size of a USB stick, contains hollow channels...
View ArticleLooking Good – the value of beauty in science
Guest blog by Anthony Lewis, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, who discusses the importance of aesthetics to scientific research. Science is about hard, cold facts, right? Data laid out in black and white,...
View ArticleWould you be fooled by a fly? Play a game to find out!
Christopher Taylor, a PhD student at the University of Nottingham, invites you to play an insect game to assist with his research. In the natural world, not everything is what it seems. Deception is...
View ArticleVisit to an animal research facility
By Dr Laura Marshall MRCVS MRSB, science policy manager at the Royal Society of Biology Kings College London (KCL) invited RSB representatives to its Guy’s Campus recently, for a tour of their animal...
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