Jul 15, 2015 | animal research, animals helping animals, Conditions
Blind mice are famous in nursery rhymes — and maybe soon, in scientific laboratories. A team of Swiss scientists recently restored sight in blind lab mice by injecting new, light-sensing cells into their eyes. They’re working to develop a cure for acquired blindness in people. Today, millions of mice are bred for medical research. Rodents […]
Apr 27, 2015 | animal research, Conditions, Op Ed
Animal Testing and Its Gifts to Humans Wall Street Journal, 4/24/15 By Frankie L. Trull Patients with aggressive brain tumors finally have reason for hope. Thanks to the work of scientists and physicians at Duke University, an experimental new treatment for glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM—an aggressive tumor that kills about 12,000 people in the U.S. […]