Labanimal

You’re listening to the March episode of 3 Minute 3Rs.The papers behind the pod:1.      Novel three-dimensional biochip pulmonary sarcoidosis model. PLoS One https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0245805 2.      A new group housing approach for non-human primate metabolism studies. Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vascn.2020.1069473.      The contribution of environmental enrichment to phenotypic variation in mice and rats. eNeuro https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0539-20.2021Transcript: It’s the 3rd Thursday of March and you’re listening to 3 Minute 3Rs, your monthly recap of efforts to replace, reduce, and refine the use of animals in research. This month, we’ve got two refinements to cover – a paper for primates and one for rodents too. But first, let’s have some lung chips. [NC3Rs]Despite being first described towards the end of the 19th century,