Behind the Scenes, Animal Caretakers and Technical Staff Contribute to High-Quality Research
By Frank Blanchard, Staff Writer; photos by Frank Blanchard and Richard Frederickson, Staff Photographer
Each day at 6 a.m. the lights pop on inside 18 buildings on the NCI at Frederick campus, illuminating the residential quarters for thousands of research mice. For the mice, it’s the end of their nocturnal day. For their caretakers, however, the day has just begun.