Research mouse gets due respect
A Washington Post science column highlights the Jackson Laboratory’s vast mouse library with over 11,000 strains used globally. It explains how mice model human genes, test new drugs, and reveal unexpected genetic surprises, while acknowledging the serendipitous discoveries and ongoing need for controlled lab conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AR Harsor
Marine
Ralph Lauren
Jackson Laboratory
Mickey
Minnie
Leroy Head
Department of
Molecular Biotechnology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Donald Price
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Harvard Health Letter
Leslie P. Kozak
Jackson
Kozak
Maggot therapy gains traction in US and UK hospitals
Dr. Ronald A. Sherman leads maggot therapy research using Phoenicia sericata to clean wounds and kill bacteria. The method, once dismissed as bizarre, is now used in several American hospitals and many in Britain, aided by a NIH grant and growing clinician acceptance despite public reluctance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald A. Sherman
Sherman
University of California, Irvine
United States
Great Britain
Edward Pechter
Ucla Medical Center
Pechter
National Institutes of Health
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Long Beach
Calif
Vitus Smieja
Los Angeles Times
Maggots and Medicines From History Affected Wounded Soldiers
Doctors note that during and after the Napoleonic era wounded soldiers fared better when battlefield wounds were treated with maggots in the 1030s. Maggots fell from favor after World War II with antibiotics and modern surgery rising.
Hallmark to expand baby immunization reminder program
Hallmark Cards will broaden its immunization reminder card program from Kansas and Missouri to all states and U.S. territories. Governors and first families send a personalized card with a detachable immunization record to newborn parents, aiming for high vaccination rates and broader outreach nationwide.
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Hallmark
Kansas
Missouri
Hallmark Cards
U.S. Territory
Governors
Bill Graves
Linda
Linda Graves
Graves
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Committee
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Family Physicians
Hallmark Cards Inc
Kansas City
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Abigail Talford
The
Washington Post
Universal Press Syndicate
Abigail Trafford
Smieja
Kelvinator
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Health Department
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