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Getting a better grip on lab mice

Gentler ways of handling the rodents could keep them calm and reduce experimental variability.

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  1. Hurst, J. L. & West, R. S. Nature Methods advance online publication doi:10.1038/nmeth.1500 (2010).

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Weaver, J. Getting a better grip on lab mice. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.462

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