Researchers have shown that albino mice of the C57BL/6 line are highly susceptible to developing the inflammatory liver condition non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) when fed a high cholesterol diet.

The albino mouse is a good model for studying this developmental process because the right-left distribution of RGC axons to the brain is imbalanced. This results in a disruption of binocular ...

which had previously been reported in albino mice, horses, and chickens, said study leader Tomas Marques-Bonet. Second, and possibly more important, the scientists found that Snowflake was the ...

So far, the CRISPR gene-editing system has been successfully used in bacteria, plants, mice, pigs ... making them albino and even able to pass those edited genes down to their offspring.

Plus, albino animals may be targeted by trophy hunters and poachers. When most Australians think of rodents, they think of invasive species such as black rats or house mice (stinky pests sneaking ...