Laboratory Mouse (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Laboratory Mouse

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A laboratory mouse feeds her newborn pups that are about the size of a quarter and weigh less than an ounce. A Johns Hopkins Medicine-led research team has overcome previous problems working with infant mice to develop a model for studying a devastating gastrointestinal disease that strikes premature babies with anemia.

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The Jackson Laboratory

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