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Image shows C57BL/6 mice, the common strain of laboratory mouse, in a Cambridge animal house. This breed of animal was used in the 'heavy mouse' study.

World's first ‘heavy mouse’ leads to first lab-grown tissue mapped from atomic life

15 May 2014

Molecular ‘fingerprint’ for tissue taken from first isotope-enriched mouse has huge potential for scientific breakthroughs, as well as improved...

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Astrocyte grown on soft substrate

Filling me softly

12 Feb 2014

Surgical implants are widely used in modern medicine but their effectiveness is often compromised by how our bodies react to them. Now, scientists at...

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