Point of view: Unbridle biomedical research from the laboratory cage

Garet P. Lahvis

doi:10.7554/eLife.27438

Point of view: Unbridle biomedical research from the laboratory cage

Garet P. Lahvis

Behavioral Neuroscience

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Many biomedical research studies use captive animals to model human health and disease. However, a surprising number of studies show that the biological systems of animals living in standard laboratory housing are abnormal. To make animal studies more relevant to human health, research animals should live in the wild or be able to roam free in captive environments that offer a natural range of both positive and negative experiences. Recent technological advances now allow us to study freely roaming animals and we should make use of them.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e27438
Journal	eLife
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27438
State	Published - Jun 29 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Neuroscience
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Immunology and Microbiology

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