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The welfare of our animals is the top priority for all our staff. Our Named Animal Care and Welfare Officers (NACWOs), working together with our Named Veterinary Surgeons (NVSs), strive to ensure that we operate to the highest standards of care and welfare.
Confocal image of a mouse's embryonic posterior neuropore. This structure is the embryonic precursor of the spinal cord and defects in its formation lead to severe neurodevelopmental disorders such as spina bifida. A team from UCL, University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) recently operated on the abnormally developed spinal cords of two babies in the womb, in a medical first for the UK.
