Since the wooden box was retired 50 years ago, a variety of plastic materials have come into use for rodent caging, including polystyrene, polypropylene, polycarbonate, high-heat polycarbonate, ...

Twenty years ago, researchers made the accidental discovery that BPA had leached out of plastic cages used to house female mice in the lab, causing an increase in chromosomally abnormal eggs. Now, the ...

Twenty years ago, a Washington State University researcher discovered genetic abnormalities in laboratory mice after they were accidentally exposed to the chemical bisphenol A, known as BPA, commonly ...

Researchers have found that the type of cage lab mice are kept in can physically change their brains and dramatically alter test data. Researchers at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical ...

In this project, funded by an AWI Refinement Grant, we tested whether raising male mice in partially divided cages affected aggression and behavioral performance from weaning through 180 days old in ...