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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › science-nature › historyThe History of the Lab Rat Is Full of Scientific Triumphs and ...

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   Feb 27, 2019 · For decades, lab rats and mice have been used to make great scientific and medical advances, from cancer drugs and HIV antiretrovirals to the yearly flu vaccine.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Laboratory_ratLaboratory rat - Wikipedia

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   The albino laboratory rat with its red eyes and white fur is an iconic model organism for scientific research in a variety of fields. Laboratory rats or lab rats are strains of the rat subspecies Rattus norvegicus domestica (Domestic Norwegian rat) which are bred and kept for scientific research.

4. www.discovermagazine.com › the-sciences › theThe History of the Lab Rat - Discover Magazine

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   Feb 11, 2023 · Why are they running through mazes, pushing levers to receive treats or being placed into rat-sized guillotines? The history of the lab rat dates back centuries, and the sequencing of the rat genome in the early 2000s means rat research is providing more insight than ever.

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5. www.nature.com › articles › s41684/021/00812-0Rats on the rise | Lab Animal - Nature

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   Jul 14, 2021 · Lab Animal - After a genetic revolution in the 80s, mice overtook rats as the laboratory animal of choice for many researchers. But in recent years, the gene editing capabilities that had...

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6. www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk › news › whenWhen lab rats are released into the wild :: Understanding ...

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   Nov 23, 2015 · To find out Dr. Manuel Berdoy, a zoologist at Oxford University, released 50 laboratory strains of the domestic Brown Rat back into a controlled wild environment in order to show that generations of domestication have not removed a rats natural range of behaviours and needs.

7. elifesciences.org › articles › 50651The Natural History of Model Organisms: The Norway rat, from ...

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   Jan 17, 2020 · Rats live in almost all terrestrial environments except deserts, tundra and polar ice. They adapt easily to new conditions thanks to their physical resilience, omnivorous diet and flexible behavior.

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   What is a laboratory rat?

   • Laboratory rats or lab rats are strains of the rat subspecies Rattus norvegicus domestica (Domestic Norwegian rat) which are bred and kept for scientific research. While less commonly used for research than laboratory mice, rats have served as an important animal model for research in psychology and biomedical science. [ 1 ]

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   Are laboratory rats still needed?

   • The need for laboratory rats has increased in the past 60 years and will likely continue to grow. In 1966, the Animal Welfare Act created stipulations for using large mammals such as monkeys or dogs in research. The law was a response to pet owners whose animals had been stolen and sold to laboratories.

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   How do laboratory rats differ from Norway rats?

   • Laboratory rats differ from Norway rats in the wild, just like many other model organisms (Alfred and Baldwin, 2015). In the mid-20 th century, these differences led some researchers to suggest that the laboratory rat had become a degenerated form of its wild cousins and lost its value as a study model (Beach, 1950; Lockard, 1968).

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   Why are laboratory rats so popular?

   • First domesticated from wild Norway rats over 170 years ago (Richter, 1959), today laboratory rats owe their popularity as a model organism largely due to their widespread availability, low breeding costs, short reproductive cycle and ability to thrive in captive environments.

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   Why do rodents live in labs?

   • Additionally, the rodents’ diminutive size allows relatively easy storage in labs, and their shared evolutionary roots with humans mean the species’ genomes overlap overwhelmingly. As a result, rodents have all but taken over our labs, making up nearly 95 percent of all laboratory animals.

   The History of the Lab Rat Is Full of Scientific Triumphs and Ethical

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   Should Lab Rats be handled by the tail?

   • After a 2010 study published in Nature showed that handling lab rats by the tail causes more anxiety than guiding the animals through a tunnel or lifting them with cupped hands, labs around the world abandoned the previously common technique.

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9. www.popsci.com › science › lab-rat-originsHow science came to rely on lab rats | Popular Science

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   Apr 19, 2022 · A bacterial culture, known as “ratinin,” has been discovered that kills rats but does not harm humans or domestic animals. Placed on bait, it spreads an epidemic among the rodents.