Animal Models and Experimental Medicine (AMEM) is an international, open access publishing journal dedicated to disseminating research and contemporary information in the field of laboratory animal sciences. The objective of AMEM is to build an international academic exchange platform for research involving laboratory animals, animal models and related topics, including applied research in experimental medicine and translational medicine, and to increase understanding amongst the international academic community of the development of such studies and the welfare status of laboratory animals. Topics explored by AMEM include new animal models of human disease, laboratory animal biology, laboratory animal medicine, laboratory animal welfare, laboratory animal biotechnology, as well as other studies involving laboratory animals.