Experimental animals: Lab invaded

Worries over lab animals decision

The British government and some of the country’s leading scientists have reacted with anger and frustration to the decision to end breeding of animals at a farm that has been relentlessly targeted by animal rights protesters, warning that there could be severe consequences for clinical research in the country, in spite of new legislation this year limiting their activities. The decision by the ...

Scorpion Venom Pisoning in Experimental Animals

German-Lab Experimental Facility

The G-Lab project aims to investigate concepts and technologies for future networks in a practical manner. Thus G-Lab consists of two major fields of activities: research studies of future network components and the design and setup of experimental facilities. Both is controlled by the same community to ensure, that the experimental facility fits to the demand of researchers. Researchers gain a...

Fasting and Experimental Animals, Detrimental or Positive?

While fasting has been practiced for centuries, its beneficial effects was unknown until recently. This review tries to analyze the current literature of how fasting and intermittent fasting (IF) could affect clinical pathological parameters, learning, mood and brain plasticity. The effects of different ways of fasting on metabolism and stress were also explored. Animal experiments have elucida...

Use of experimental animals.

I shall deal briefly this morning with three topics: (1) the different species and strains of animals to be employed in experimental studies-of bowel cancer with asbestos; (2) combinations of carcinogens; and (3) the difficult and debatable tumors that one sees in experimental animals. I am glad to see that in South Africa baboons are also being used. Frequently Wistar rats are used .or rats of...