?Sticky? mice lead to discovery of new cause of neurodegenerative disease - The Jackson Laborato

When a faulty protein wreaks havoc in cells and causes disease, researchers are usually quick to point the finger at a wayward gene. Now scientists are learning that some neurodegenerative diseases
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Alvine appointed Board of Governing Trustees Chair - The Jackson Laboratory

The Jackson Laboratory has appointed the business leader and philanthropist Robert Alvine of Woodbridge, Conn., as the chair of its Board of Governing Trustees.
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Maine-Based Biophysics Institute Receives Funding for First U.S-based 4Pi Nanoscale Microscope -

The 4Pi Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope is the world?s most advanced optical microscope?capable of revealing the nanostructure of genetic material within a cell in three dimensions. The
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Jackson's Award Winning "Mice for the Cure" Team Scurries Toward Starting Line - The Jackson

A 5K race, now in its eighth year, will be held along the Bangor waterfront on Sunday, Sept. 19, to raise money in support of the fight against breast cancer, and The Jackson Laboratory's Mice for the
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Jackson Scientists Fight Glaucoma, Serve Research Community - The Jackson Laboratory

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. But all year long, scientists at The Jackson Laboratory contribute to the fight against eye-related disorders such as glaucoma through the studies they
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Keck Foundation Awards $1.25 Million Grant to The Jackson Laboratory for Biophysics Lab

Keck Foundation Awards $1.25 Million Grant to The Jackson Laboratory for Biophysics Lab Instrumentation
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Mouse Gene Turned on by Fatty Food Leads Researchers to Human Gene - The Jackson Laboratory

More evidence linking a high-fat diet to heart disease: An international research team has identified a gene that interacts with environmental factors such as diet to influence atherosclerosis
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Blocking neurodegeneration prevents inherited glaucoma in mice - The Jackson Laboratory

In a discovery that could point to new treatments for a wide range of neurodegenerative diseases, Jackson Laboratory researchers have found that high-dose radiation and bone marrow transfer treatments
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4pi gene repair - The Jackson Laboratory

4Pi microscope first to show gene repair
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New Jackson Laboratory Researcher to Investigate Cancer, Brain Development - The Jackson Laboratory

Dr. Kyuson Yun is starting her primary work as The Jackson Laboratory's newest researcher. Recently arrived from Dartmouth Medical School, Yun adds to Jackson's already strong effort in neuroscience
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