Jan 9, 2020 | animal model, animal research, animal testing, animals helping humans, Ebola, FBR, mice, Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Research, Nonhuman Primate research, vaccine
On Thursday, December 19, 2019, the FDA announced the approval of Ervebo, the first FDA-approved vaccine for the prevention of the Ebola virus disease. The new vaccine protects against the Zaire species of Ebola virus, which is responsible for more than 11,000 deaths in West Africa between 2014 and 2016, and over 2,200 deaths in […]
May 8, 2019 | animal model, animal research, mice, NASA, Osteoporosis, rodent model
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 […]
