The laboratory mouse or lab mouse is a small mammal of the order Rodentia which is bred and used for scientific research or feeders for certain pets. Laboratory mice are usually of the species Mus ...

Researchers should consider stress as a potential variable in studies 7, and environmental enrichment can reduce stress in laboratory rats and mice. Measurable parameters considered to be linked ...

Laboratory mice are deliberately making mistakes during experiments and annoying the scientists watching them. The humble lab ...

In a mind-blowing breakthrough, scientists have managed to create a mouse using genetic tools older than life on earth itself. This was by using a gene from single-celled forms of life ...

Scientists have officially grown a notochord—the tissues that act as the “GPS for the developing embryo” by guiding the formation of the spine and nervous system.

To determine the proper cage for a laboratory mouse, one must consider cage characteristics with regard to animal growth, morbidity rates, mortality rates, and reproductive performance 10.

Many of our transgenic lines come from the Jackson Laboratories, an NIH-supported repository for genetically engineered mice. All of our published lines are available either through Jax or the related ...

Our laboratory is interested in the use of mouse models of prostate cancer to explore the pathogenesis of prostate cancer and its response to treatment. We have used the SV-40 based TRAMP model of ...

Now mice are getting in on the action. Researchers have developed a set of VR goggles for lab mice for use in brain studies, according to a report published recently in the journal Nature Methods.