Animals in Research

Lith Checking His Water Lixit with a Flashlight Cue

In this video clip, Lith, a male rhesus macaque monkey, is trained to participate in a twice-daily husbandry task by following a light cue and verbal command to express water from the lixit line. The metal head post on his head was placed while the monkey was under anesthesia. After…

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Gene therapy injection into spinal cord halts ALS in adult mice

Animal studies have already suggested that ALS can be prevented by replacing the mutated genes that cause some forms of the condition with normal versions. But delivering genes to nerve cells in the spine is a challenge.