Animal Welfare

Double Merle Dogs

Dog coats come in a seemingly endless variety of patterns, lengths, textures and colors, determined by their genetic makeup. Just 8-14 different genes are responsible for most of these differences in coat color and pigmentation. Dogs inherit two alleles, or variations, of each of these genes, one from the father and one from the mother.

The False Promise of Animal Testing Part 2: Human Organs, Simplified

If we accept the idea that animal models are holding back drug development due to a potential inability to predict safety and efficacy in humans, what can be done to fix it? Increasingly, scientists are using human cells cultured in vitro to assess the safety and efficacy of new drug compounds. While in vitro cell

Seeking Greener Pastures: Gene Editing and Animal Welfare

Picture a dairy cow with the black and white spots we all know and love, mooing happily in a grassy field. Does this dairy cow have horns? In your mind's eye, it shouldn't. But that's only because the horns are removed when the cows are young, around four weeks old, with a procedure called disbudding.

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