Mouse as model of human diseases
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Ageing
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Cancer
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Cardiovascular
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Drug discovery
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Infection & Immunology
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Metabolism, Diabetes, Obesity
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Neurology
Rare Diseases
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Collins et al. 2007. A Mouse for all reasons. Cell 128: 9-13
Cressey 2015. UK funders demand strong statistics for animal studies. Nature 520: 271-272
Demengeot et al., 2014. Science with a conscience. Pan European Networks: Science & Technology 11:1-4
Perrin 2014. Pre clinical research: make animal models work. Nature 507:423-425
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Schughart et al., 2012. Strength to strength for mouse models. Nature 492: 41
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