Laboratory Animal Sciences

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

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

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

Dozens of Researchers Exposed to Anthrax | The Scientist Magazine® 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.

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What we share with Great Danes?

Dogs Really Are Man’s Best Friend: Osteosarcoma Research in 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...

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

Bone marrow-on-a-chip unveiled : Wyss Institute at Harvard Wyss Institute at Harvard

Another cool article from our friends our curiousYoungwriters

Hope is Hopping Toward Us: Fox Squirrels and the Answer to Gunther’s Disease The Beginning People say that the chances of becoming a…

Finally learning how red wine reduces bad cholesterol

Secrets Behind Health Benefits of Wine Revealed 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.

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The Amazing Dr. Szczepan Baran is at it again! Now on the Board of this amazing school!
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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

Breaking News: Coffee Intake Linked to Liver Cancer Risk 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.