Integral to our mission to improve human health, JAX is committed to helping address the coronavirus pandemic as rapidly as possible. This page is dedicated to providing you with up-to-date information about one aspect of the Laboratory's response: cryopreservation.
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May 4, 2020 - Le Temps
The sad plight of laboratory mice in pandemic times
Because of the current crisis, a lot of research has been put on hold and thousands of rodents have had to be euthanized around the world. Read more on Le Temps
May 2, 2020 - Freethink
Researchers are Rushing to Freeze... Lab Mice Sperm?
Noses twitching, whiskers searching, they are the vanguard of discovery — bearing our hopes and dreams and endless reams of research on their slim shoulders — as we follow their tails into the unknown: lab mice! Read more on Freethink
April 21, 2020 - AAMC
As stay-at-home orders shuttered university labs, directors faced unprecedented questions: What research was allowed to continue and what stopped? Read more on AAMC.org