CRISPR mouse model boom, rat model renaissance

Nature Biotechnology spotlights Taconic Biosciences' Dr. Adriano Flora because of his expertise with CRISPR-engineered models:

CRISPR mouse model boom, rat model renaissance"CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing has rekindled interest in the rat as a model of human disease.

The US National Institutes of Health awarded The Jackson Laboratory $28.3 million in August to produce 1,000 lines of genetically modified mice.

The task, which would have seemed intractable a few short years ago[...]"
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