Showing that enrichment produces happier,
healthier lab animals is, after all, not the same as demonstrating that it yields better science.
Not exact matches
A number of
lab and
animal studies have found that
healthy organic food may increase antioxidant content, helping to protect cells from damage.
To answer basic research questions like these, investigators study bacteria, viruses, fungi,
animal cells and human cells (both
healthy and cancerous) grown in the
lab, and tumors in
animals, such as mice and rats.
In
labs around the world, researchers looking for ways to help the sick and injured have stumbled onto techniques that enhance
healthy animals — making them stronger, faster, smarter, and longer - lived — in some cases, even connecting their minds to robots and computers across the Internet.
Our
animal hospital provides basic wellness services, including dog vaccines, cat vaccines, routine
lab work and examinations for
healthy pets - because pets need regular check - ups too!
When Benjamin Lewis was in veterinary school at the University of Pennsylvania, he worked both in vets» offices caring for sick
animals, and in research
labs where
healthy animals were injected with diseases for drug testing.