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In a 2023 Protocol Review, US respondents addressed a scenario1 wherein genetically modified animals (GMAs) were donated to an investigator and used for an unrelated study. In the US, the production and subsequent management of GMAs are governed by specific regulations (PHS Policy, NIH Guidelines), and GMAs that are not used for the intended research would not qualify for other research activities. To better understand how GMAs are governed in institutions located outside of the US, we asked two experts – Sara Wells (UK) and Francina Langa Vives (France) – about their experience.
Lab Animal asked a group of experts in industry and academia about how the field has changed over their careers and how they think animal research can be improved in the future.
Thea Brabb and Sally Thompson-Iritani explain to Lab Animal how their mouse and nonhuman primate colonies continue to be cared for at the University of Washington and Washington National Primate Research Center.
Jennifer Koblinski explains how the Cancer Mouse Models Core at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center (MCC) has kept its facility up and running in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
University College London’s Carole Wilson talks to Lab Animal about how she and her fish facility staff have responded to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Christine Archer, fish facility coordinator at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, walks Lab Animal through her facility’s response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
As a member of the animal care staff in a laboratory animal facility, it can be really difficult to deal with animal morbidity, and the necessity of performing euthanasia. What are some of the resources available to help lab animal personnel cope with these situations?
It seems that there is an acronym for just about every regulatory agency and professional association in the laboratory animal science field—it's like an alphabet soup. Can you give an overview of some of the more commonly referenced organizations?
