Outsourcing-Pharma features Taconic Biosciences' Dr. Gretchen Kusek who discusses Taconic mice bred specifically for a mission to the International Space Station:
"Forty mice were launched into space last week aboard the SpaceX Dragon, which will deliver the genetically engineered research models to the International Space Station for study in microgravity.
The mission — "Rodent Research-5" — is the result of a collaboration between the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), NASA, and BioServe.
The mice are treated with NELL-1, a protein produced by the human body that is critical for normal bone growth and development, and were bred specifically for the mission by Taconic Biosciences, a genetically engineered mouse models service provider." Read the complete article at: Outsourcing-Pharma.com
"Forty mice were launched into space last week aboard the SpaceX Dragon, which will deliver the genetically engineered research models to the International Space Station for study in microgravity. The mission — "Rodent Research-5" — is the result of a collaboration between the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), NASA, and BioServe.
The mice are treated with NELL-1, a protein produced by the human body that is critical for normal bone growth and development, and were bred specifically for the mission by Taconic Biosciences, a genetically engineered mouse models service provider."