The Scientist: Jackson established mouse genetics, cancer researchers' careers
| Date: February 10, 2009 | 
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The current edition of the life sciences magazine The Scientist includes two articles noting The Jackson Laboratory's central role in modern biomedical research.
In "Fancy This," reporter Andrea Gawrylewski traced the earliest research colonies of genetically defined mice, established by Jackson Laboratory founder Clarence Cook Little, to a Massachusetts breeder of pet "fancy mice," Abbie Lathrop. Jackson Professor Muriel Davisson comments in the article, "Little was the first to recognize the value of inbreeding" the mice to develop standardized models for biomedical research.
"Mapping with Mice" is a profile of the prominent husband-and-wife cancer research team of Nancy Jenkins and Neal Copeland, who spent an important phase of their career conducting research at The Jackson Laboratory. The story by science writer Karen Hopkin traces the scientists' groundbreaking work to develop new approaches for identifying and cloning genes, produce genetic maps of the mouse genome that served as tools for the entire community, and study the genes and mutations involved in development and cancer.
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