RAW Truth 3: Sleeping with the Enemy of Science
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English - March 30, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsLife Sciences Science Education animal research animal testing life science medicine research Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The vast majority of animals involved in biomedical research studies today are rodents, mainly mice. And the scientific information that comes from most of them is questionable because of a source of variability that is often overlooked by the research community - the bedding in their cages. Joining us today to break down the 'what', 'why' and 'what can be done' to protect rigor and reproducibility at the cage level is Joel Shepherd, an expert in rodent bedding manufacturing who has worked closely with the biomedical research community for over thirty years.
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