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| Mouse Models of Multiple Sclerosis |
| Dec 06, 2015 |
| For complex diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS), animal models are highly important because they allow researchers to systematically study numerous... Read More > |
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| Cells or Animals: Which model is better? |
| Nov 09, 2015 |
| Biology research relies on the use of model systems. The type of system used can affect the scope and limitations of a research project, and also affects... Read More > |
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| Designer Immune Systems |
| Oct 19, 2015 |
| Our immune system is an astonishingly sophisticated, multi-layered series of defenses against harmful agents. In many cases, however, the immune system... Read More > |
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| Three (formerly) blind mice |
| Aug 17, 2015 |
| Blindness is a major public health problem. Nearly 40 million people worldwide are functionally blind, while over 250 million people suffer from visual... Read More > |
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| The Molecular Biology Revolution |
| Jul 31, 2015 |
| In an era of designer mice and complex multi-component DNA constructs, it is difficult to imagine that there was a time (not so long ago) when biologists lacked... Read More > |
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| Virus Variations |
| Jun 23, 2015 |
| Virus transduction is a common method used to introduce new genetic material into cells. Since the first use of a viral vector on mammalian cells in the 1970's... Read More > |
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| Super Mice |
| May 14, 2015 |
| Superheroes are a pop culture phenomenon. Their amazing abilities entertain and inspire us, but hardly seem attainable in the real world. However, superpowers... Read More > |
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| CRISPR versus HIV |
| Apr 14, 2015 |
| HIV infection affects more than 35 million people worldwide. Over the past three decades, progress has been made in HIV treatment, mostly through the use of... Read More > |
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| The rat choice for your experiments |
| Mar 14, 2015 |
| For more than a century, rodents have played a pivotal role in biomedical research, and provided experimental systems for investigating mammalian biology... Read More > |
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| Humanized alleles in animal models |
| Feb 14, 2015 |
| Animal models play a vital role in modern biomedical research. In particular, mouse and rats are profoundly important. However, mice and rats are imperfect... Read More > |
