This is the third part of our four-part series on how animal research helps animals. Click to view part 1 on endangered species and part 2 on pets. Did you know the nation’s wildlife play an important role in everything from our ecosystem to the economy? The delicate balance required for wildlife to flourish can […]
This is the second part of a four-part blog series on the ways animal research helps animals. Part one can be found here. Emma, my pet beagle, was about a year old when my family adopted her. Initially, she seemed like a healthy dog, aside from some abandonment issues. At her first yearly checkup, though, […]
This is the first of a four-part blog series on the ways animal research helps animals. Endangerment and extinction are impacting several species of animals globally. From deforestation and urbanization, to poaching, pollution, and incurable disease, many argue we humans bear some responsibility and have a moral duty to help animals from becoming endangered or […]
As the owner of a beagle, I know they can eat until they vomit, and then some. Thus, because of their enthusiastic vigor for eating, they can be prone to obesity. Aside from the strain the extra weight puts on their joints, it also renders them susceptible to a disease we normally associate with humans […]
This guest post was written by Jordana Lenon for our Share Your Story series. Jordana is the public information and outreach specialist for the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The NIH funds millions of dollars of research into fighting autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease, […]
This morning, a champion for Alzheimer’s research, a legendary coach, dedicated mother and courageous woman was lost. For nearly four decades, Pat Summitt was the head coach of the University of Tennessee’s Lady Vols basketball team. In that time, she achieved the most wins in NCAA basketball history of any coach, and never had a […]
This week I’m utilizing Genius as a way to annotate this post and give readers information that maybe didn’t fit into the article, but provides further insight. Click here to see the article with annotations. The most common cause of death in the United States is heart disease. However, in the last 50 years, the […]
Poliovirus. Typhoid fever. Yellow fever. Measles. When was the last time you worried about contracting any of these diseases? Well, for the most part, you never will, and that’s thanks in part to vaccine research with nonhuman primates (NHPs). Being up to 98% genetically similar to people, primates are uniquely capable of revealing how many diseases […]
As everyone knows by now, boxing legend Muhammad Ali died this past weekend at the age of 74. He was an incredible fighter in the ring admired by millions. But for the past 32 years, Ali had also been locked in a match with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects about 1 million people in the […]
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems only fitting for a Midwesterner to talk about research with pigs. I have something to confess, though: I’m from the Illinois suburbs. I can’t recall ever meeting a real pig, and most of what I know of them is from reading stories and watching television. On the page […]