JAX eNews feature stories
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Scientists respond to New York Times article on mice research
A recent New York Times article casting doubt on the value of mouse models for sepsis, burns and trauma in humans provoked strong reactions in the biomedical research community. Three prominent physician-scientists, including Edison Liu, M.D., president and CEO of The Jackson Laboratory, respond to the article.
Building a genetics parts list
Terms like systems genetics and gene networks are currently getting all the buzz in genetics research. To truly understand what happens in health and disease, the theory goes, we have to know how they all fit together within a larger context.
Bridging the gaps from discovery to medicine
Our history provides an excellent example of how basic research can lead, eventually, to clinical progress. Its future, however, provides an important opportunity to establish a better path to progress and accelerate the translation of its discoveries to improve patient care.
What is genomic medicine?
While each individual's genome is much like another's, there are millions of small differences that make each of us unique. Some determine variable traits such as height, hair color, toenail shape, and so on. Occasionally there are outright mutations that cause disease. But many of the differences are more subtle and, when added together, help shape our disease susceptibility, how we react to our environment, and other complex traits. That's where genomic medicine comes into play.
JAX Genomic Medicine on track
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine is achieving promised milestones for job creation, facilities planning and collaboration with researchers and health care providers.
Jackson volunteerism enriches our communities
By day, Merlene McIntire is an administrative assistant in the Advancement group of The Jackson Laboratory, her employer since 1989. But after hours she’s a dedicated community volunteer who devotes time and energy to a litany of worthy causes throughout Downeast Maine.
Laboratory life and the great outdoors
What happens when two bright Atlanta-area high schoolers leave the big, hot city behind for The Jackson Laboratory's Summer Student Program in scenic Bar Harbor, Maine? For Jasmine Johnson, the experience was "life-changing." For Gabriel Vela, it got him to rethink his college plans.
Pathways to the new biology
Computational biology is such a new scientific discipline that many of today’s researchers pretty much made it up as they went along. Read how some of our top scientists broke into the field and hear from a summer student who is forging his own path.