FBR Salutes this Year’s Lasker Award Winners
Since its beginning in 1945, the Lasker Awards has been a prestigious achievement that recognizes those who have contributed to breakthrough biological discoveries, clinical research and improvements in human health. The 2019 Lasker Awards were focused on the world of immunotherapy and each discovery was made possible with the help of animal research. The first […]
Four Major Health Risks for Women and Animal Research’s Role in Treatments
Last summer, we compiled a list of the four major health risks for men and animal research’s vital role in treating them. Now we want to share with you how animal research has helped treat the top four major health risks for women. These four health risks are some of the leading causes of death […]
Who will Survive?
Are you a big fan of “Game of Thrones” (GOT)? The final season of the hit HBO series is on its last episode and most faithful watchers are on the edge of their seats to see who will FINALLY be seated on the Iron Throne. Based on a series of fantasy novels called “A Song […]
Mice in Space
In 2014, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the Rodent Research Project to study mice in space with the goal to better understand the effects of spaceflight on the human body. Using mice in space has helped researchers discover numerous things about microgravity (very weak gravity) situations. These discoveries have led to improving astronauts […]
Animal Research and the Fight Against Malaria
On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced what could be the world’s first malaria vaccine as part of a large-scale trial project in several countries. The vaccine known as RTS, S will be given to approximately 360,000 children up to two years of age in three African countries: Malawi, Ghana, and […]
Animal Research Aids in War Against Ebola
Eight months ago, an outbreak of Ebola was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province and the disease has now spread to the city of Bunia. According to the World Health Organization (WHO). Ebola is a rare and highly infectious virus, with a death rate of up to 90 percent. Health workers […]
Why Animal Research? For Tyler Trent
In early January 2019, a 20-year-old former Purdue student and cancer survivor named Tyler Trent lost his years-long battle with osteosarcoma. Three times he faced the disease head-on fighting to the end with the determination of a champion. A devoted fan of his university’s football team, the Purdue Boilermakers, Tyler was honored with touching tributes […]
On the cutting edge of canine cancer research
“I just got the biopsy results back, and my little girl has an adrenal sarcoma,” wrote the owner of an 11-year-old Shih Tzu in an online support group for people whose pets have been diagnosed with cancer. “I’m so scared—for her and for myself. She’s my baby, my best friend, my companion. I know the […]
Animal Rights Groups Say the Porsolt Swim Test is Unnecessary. But is it?
Image depicts a rodent swimming in a natural setting. With more than 300 million people living with depression worldwide, pressure is mounting to find treatments and drugs that will help patients. However, with limited knowledge about the underlying causes of depression and anxiety, researchers are at a disadvantage. Depression diagnoses are obtained when patients exhibit a broad […]