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In defense of “The scientific basis for the support of biomedical science”
During our panel discussion, Dr. Greek criticized a classic study that appeared in the pages of Science by Comroe and Dripps, entitled “The scientific basis for the support of biomedical science”,...
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So what ARE conditions in labs like?
There is much misinformation about what conditions are like in modern research laboratories. Animal rights activists spread pictures and videos (often decades old) showing some of the few labs which...
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“What Drives ‘animal researchers’ Like Me?”
As World Week for Animals in Laboratories (a week of animal rights misinformation) comes to a close, we have a guest post from Nancy Haigwood, director at Oregon National Primate Research Center...
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Lighting the Way to New Treatments
A variety of diseases in humans happen when proteins with important cellular functions are lacking or are produced in abnormally low amounts. One example is type-2 diabetes mellitus which is caused by...
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Predictions and Animal Models of Human Disease
Some animal activists argue human disease cannot be modeled in animals. They think physiological differences between species imply that treatments developed by means of animal research will not...
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Animal Models of Dystonia – Part I
An invited post by Erwin Montgomery, M.D., and Michele A. Basso, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dystonia is a neurological disorder of movement characterized by sustained muscle contractions...
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Animal Models of Dystonia – Part II
An invited post by Erwin Montgomery, M.D., and Michele A. Basso, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Based in part on some of the findings of altered learning in rodent models, a primate model of...
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Good, bad, useful? Reflections on animal models for Parkinson’s disease research
Parkinson’s disease is a relentless, ruthless neurodegenerative disorder that often strikes in the early “golden years”, around 60 years of age, but sometimes much earlier. It progressively robs its...
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Bridging the gap: Monkey studies shed light on nature, nurture, and how...
“Is it nature or nurture?” “How does that work? How can social experiences actually change someone’s brain?” “So early experiences matter, but how much? Is it reversible? How long does it last? Is...
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A Closer Look at How Animal Research Progresses from Idea to Study
Unfortunately, the “how” and “why” of the research process is of much less interest, and receives far less attention, than the “what did they find?!” part of research. The latter is what you’ll see—if...
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Animal welfare inspectors clear UW-Madison cat research of PETA allegations,...
A second federal agency charged with oversight of animal research has completed a thorough investigation of an animal rights group’s complaints about sound localization research with cats at the...
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Guest Post: Characterising high fructose corn syrup self-administration in...
It’s January, and across the country millions of people have promised themselves that they will eat less, loose weight and become healthier. But why do some people eat more than others? No matter what...
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Why is alcohol research with nonhuman animals essential?
The following guest post is from Jeff Weiner, a Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Dr. Weiner is the Director of an NIH-funded translational...
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Guest Post: CRPS Animal Models Explained
The following guest post is by Dr Rosie Morland. Dr Morland recently completed a PhD in neuroscience and pain studies at Imperial College, London, and she has a particular interest in how animal models...
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Guest Post: Sex, Drugs and the Validity of the Animal Model
Dr. Swapna Mohan is a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health. She is a veterinarian and recently completed her PhD in Molecular Physiology from Cornell University, NY. She is...
View ArticleGuest Post: Predictability and Utility of Animal Models
This is a guest post on the utility of animal models in drug development, misconceptions about animal models, and alternative methods of drug development, by Dale M. Cooper, DVM, MS, Diplomate,...
View Article#Evergreen: Predictability and Utility of Animal Models
March 26th 2021 Yesterday we highlighted one of the myths that those opposed to #AnimalResearch often spend their time propagating—that #AnimalResearch is only performed in benefit to humans—usually...
View Article#Evergreen: Sex, Drugs and the Validity of the Animal Model
April 16th 2021 We have continued to highlight the valuable role that #AnimalResearch plays in bringing improvements to quality of life and life saving cures from bench to bedside (e.g., here, here,...
View ArticleEvergreen: Statistics out of context, predictability, and utility of animal...
March 18th 2022 In a recent letter to the US National Institutions of Health (NIH) , Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-CA) and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) called for the NIH “to discontinue animal...
View ArticleWhy study whiskers in mice? Humans don’t have whiskers
Sometimes an exciting research finding is quickly attacked by the internet because it was done #InMice. But some of the most exciting discoveries have resulted from studies #InMice. And some things...
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