How Accurate Are Mouse Studies in Predicting Effects In Humans?
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 11:35
in Biology & Nature
Mice and humans have genomes that are 85% identical, making them suitable and cost-effective stand-ins for humans in medical research. A recent article by University of Michigan evolutionary biologists Ben-Yang Liao and Jianzhi Zhang discussed how identical genes may behave differently in mice and men - and some essential to humans aren't missed at all by mice. read more
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