"[knockout mice] truly provided a revolution in mammalian biology,"

An article by Gretchen Vogel, published in the journal Science in October 2007 featured a comment about the discovery of knockout mice.  Raju Kicherlapati is a geneticist at Harvard University.

"[knockout mice] truly provided a revolution in mammalian biology... It is not an exaggeration to say that there is no mammalian biologist today who does not use these tools in one way or another"

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/318/5848/178

 

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Research Fields: Genetics, Medical technologies(yes - 2 items)

Source: Raju Kucherlapati (required)
Animals Used: Mouse (knockout/GM)(yes - 1 items)

Word/phrase: Positive (required)
Medical Applications: Medicine, Basic research(yes - 2 items)