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Nature 442, 739-741 (17 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442739a; Published online 16 August 2006

Cancer: Off by a whisker

Carina Dennis1

  1. Carina Dennis is Nature's Australasian correspondent.

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Much of what we know about cancer comes from studying mice, and potential therapies are tested in the animals. But the differences between the species can scupper the best laid plans of researchers and drug companies, reports Carina Dennis.

It was in 1991 that Bob Weinberg first realized he had a problem with mice. He and his postdoc Tyler Jacks were trying to develop a mouse model for retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer of the retina.

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