Laboratory Animal Sciences

06/25/2014

NIH Budget continues to decline, but costs due to diseases continues to increase at alarming levels.
Projections and comparison of NIH budget http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/NIHBud_1.jpg
Projected cost of Alzheimer's diseasehttp://www.alz.org/documents_custom/trajectory.pdf

06/25/2014

Most Americans Can't Name a Living Scientisthttp://www.researchamerica.org/uploads/MostAmericansCantNameaLivingScientist.pdf

06/23/2014

Here is a great reason why it is imperative to have appropriate personal protective equipment

As many as 75 scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control at Prevention may have come in contact with live Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria that cause anthrax.

06/09/2014

http://www.curiousyoungwriters.org

Advancing the Art of Science Communication

05/20/2014

What we share with Great Danes?

When seven-year-old Laura started complaining of knee pain, her mother became concerned. The day Laura asked to skip ballet class because her knee was bothering her, Mrs. Jones knew something was s...

05/07/2014

Bone marrow-on-a-chip unveiled - pretty cool refinement/reduction
One of the suggestions for this device is the ability to grow human bone marrow in immune-deficient mice. "This could be developed into an easy-to-use screening-based system that's personalized for individual patients," said coauthor James Collins, Ph.D.
http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewpressrelease/153

Wyss Institute at Harvard

05/01/2014

Another cool article from our friends our curiousYoungwriters

The Beginning People say that the chances of becoming a…

04/29/2014

Finally learning how red wine reduces bad cholesterol

Scientists have identified one of the molecular pathways that resveratrol, the component of grapes and red wine associated with health benefits, uses to achieve its beneficial action.

04/24/2014

Check it out if you are in Costa Rica!

04/21/2014

The Amazing Dr. Szczepan Baran is at it again! Now on the Board of this amazing school!
http://charatt.wix.com/royalcrowncollege

04/16/2014

New issue of Enrichment Record now available. There are some cool articles including a discussion about NHP enrichment http://enrichmentrecord.com/wp-content/upload
s/2014/04/MIRRORS.pdf

04/09/2014

The more cups of coffee a person drank, the lower the risk for developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, according to new research.