Incorporated in the animal facility is the transgenic laboratory, where new models of mice are created for specific research projects. Ph.D, Senior Investigator, and managed by Kenyon Kirk LATG,SRS, Senior Research Associate. The DLAM staff consists of Lisa Alper, Laboratory Administrator, and five full-time laboratory animal caretakers. Normal mice, for instance, cannot be infected with polio virus. Transgenic mice's DNA can be altered with the human gene to make them a polio virus receptor.
Transgenic mice provide a valuable resource for exploring many medical questions.
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