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Nature Medicine 11, 1261 (2005)
Published online: 30 November 2005 | doi:10.1038/nm1205-1261b

Price of mice to plummet under NIH's new scheme

Emily Waltz1

  1. New York


The agency is set to provide knockout mice for just $115 each.


For many scientists, mice are the animal models of choice because they are supposed to be cheap and easy to manipulate. But in recent years, neither has been particularly true, forcing scientists to shell out precious grant money for mice lacking certain genes.

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