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New Cancer Treatments Tested in Mice Stop Tumors in Their Tracks

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:37+00:00 As long as scientists have known about cancer, they have been trying to develop a cure. Hundreds of potential treatments have been tried, and while some have shown promise, none have been 100% effective. New animal studies, however, are bringing researchers closer to finding a...

Win a Tuition Scholarship for the Workshop on Anaesthesiology

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:37+00:00 Enter to win a tuition scholarship for the Workshop on Anaesthesiology on March  21nd and 22nd at the René Remie Surgical Skills Centre in Almere! Kent Scientific is excited to partner with our Scientific Advisor, Dr. Remie at his Surgical Skills Centre, known for providing...

FAQs about Low-Flow Mouse and Rat Anesthesia Systems

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:38+00:00 Mouse and rat anesthesia can be challenging due to the many factors that determine success. For research requiring anesthesia, rodents must be anesthetized accurately based on their size and metabolic rate. They must be monitored to eliminate harmful side effects, and one way to ensure...

Kent Scientific and Inside Scientific Co-Sponsor Comprehensive Training Program for Rodent Microvascular Surgery

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:38+00:00 One-on-one hands-on sessions in a small class setting with Dr. Yelena Akelina, DVM, MS Director, Microsurgery Lab, Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University We appreciate that a little financial aid can go a long way for students and academic researchers. This is why we are delighted...

All About Eating: New Studies Give Scientists Valuable Insight into Appetite, Diet, and Metabolism

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:38+00:00 One of the best things about the holidays is the food. While you’re busy trying to decide which side dish to bring to the party, researchers are busy making discoveries that change what we thought we knew about food, diet, and how what we eat...

New Research with Mice May Have Implications for Longevity in Humans

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:38+00:00 Longer life is the Holy Grail of scientific research, and new discoveries may put us one step closer to understanding how to help mice, and humans, live longer. Putting the Brakes on Growth Hormone Researchers at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Edison Biotechnology Institute...

Ensuring Long-term Accuracy in the Lab with Electronic Vaporizers

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:38+00:00 An electronic anesthesia vaporizer converts a liquid anesthetic into a gas vapor. This process is required because anesthetic agents are usually supplied in liquid form at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. These agents must be vaporized before lab animals can inhale them for surgery.A traditional...

The Sex Effect: The Biological Sex of Both Researchers and Mice Can Skew Research Results

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:38+00:00 Does the sex of the researcher or the animal matter in animal research? Increasingly, it’s looking like the answer is yes, at least in some cases. In recent studies, scientists are gaining a better understanding of how biological sex affects research results. How the Sex of...

Animal Research Leads to New Cancer-Related Scientific Discoveries

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:38+00:00 According to the American Cancer Society, there will be approximately 1.9 million new cancer cases diagnosed and 609,360 cancer deaths in the United States this year. Working with animal models, researchers have recently discovered potential new treatments for cancers of the brain, bone marrow, thymus,...

The Benefits of Monitoring Mouse Body Temperature

Kent Scientific2025-10-03T14:52:39+00:00 Researchers have been exploring the link between anesthesia and body temperature since the early 1930s. One study (1942) into the body temperature of mice during anesthesia posited a connection between reduced anesthetic efficacy and a drop in core temperature. Yet the importance of body temperature...