Word: miceli
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Hailing a “breakthrough” in their historically contentious relationship with Harvard, members of the Agassiz Neighborhood Council (ANC) agreed last night to support the construction of a science research building that will house laboratory mice...
...This is one small scurry for mice, and one giant step forward for the Agassiz neighborhood,” said City Councillor Brian Murphy after the meeting, at which both sides expressed optimism about recent progress...
Baird Professor of Science Andrew P. McMahon, a developmental geneticist from the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, told residents that the new facility was necessary to support the expanding research into genetics and diseases, which make use of mice as a model system for humans...
...said the BRI will be a barrier facility, a controlled environment which will prevent pathogens from entering and contaminating the mice—and will also keep any mice from getting...
...response to questions from residents, McMahon said the chance of an animal escaping is “very remote” and that the mice would not represent a danger if they did come in contact with anyone...