Skin Disease

New research done by a JAX researcher suggests that certain cells can act as a biomarker for metastatic melanoma as well as provide a potential therapeutic target to block metastatic spread.

Maintaining experimental mouse colonies is a lot like juggling. There are a lot of balls that you have to keep in the air all the time. You need to evaluate the breeding performance, adjust the colony size to match required production, genotype the mice, and then plan and execute your experiments. It is easy to have concerns about genetic drift far down on your list of priorities. However, for mutant or transgenic mouse strains on inbred backgrounds dealing with potential genetic drift needs to be a priority.