Fifty-one lambs were used in an experiment to study the effects of melatonin on newborn lambs suffering induced asphyxia.(1) The experiment, published in 2018, was undertaken in Melbourne by staff from Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Monash Health, and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. It was funded by taxpayer’s
A recent (2021) publication reveals invasive experiments on young male rats carried out at the University of Newcastle, NSW in an attempt to replicate human stroke conditions and test levels of hypothermia, prior to re-establishing blood flow. During this invasive experiment the rats had a cannula inserted into the femoral
A recent (2021) publication reveals deliberate pain inflicted on adult male mice in experiments carried out at the University of Queensland.(1) The purpose was to induce pain in an attempt to replicate human pain felt after surgery, or administration of anti-tumour chemotherapeutic agent, and treat the pain with pharmacological compounds
At Queensland’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, young female mice were forced to drink water that had been contaminated with microplastics (composed of polystyrene) for 4 weeks. They were then infected with the arthritis-causing Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV) to study the effects of the contaminated water on the colon and in
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