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New Mouse Reference Library Should Speed Gene Discoveries

By Guest PostFebruary 17, 2012Sciencecc, collaborative cross, david threadgill, francis s collins, genes, genetic information, genetic sequences, genetic variation, human disease, jackson laboratory, lab mice, manual, mice, north carolina state university, oxford university, tel aviv university

Genetic information provided by a large group of specially designed mice could pave the way to faster human health discoveries and transform the ways people battle and prevent disease.

In 15 papers published Feb. 16 in the Genetics Society of America journals Genetics and G3:Genes/Genomes/Genetics, researchers from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Jackson Laboratory and other universities and labs across the globe highlight a new genetic resource that could aid development of more effective treatments for any number of human diseases. (more…)

Of Mice and Men

The genomes of 17 common strains of lab mice were sequenced to advance genetic studies of human diseases

Scientists have sequenced the genomes (genetic codes) of 17 strains of common lab mice–an achievement that lays the groundwork for the identification of genes responsible for important traits, including diseases that afflict both mice and humans. (more…)

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New Mouse Reference Library Should Speed Gene Discoveries

Of Mice and Men