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Making mice : standardizing animals for American biomedical research, 1900-1955 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rader, Karen A. (Karen Ann), 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Me.)
Mice.
Animals, Laboratory.
Research > history > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Why mice?
  • Mice, medicine, and genetics : from pet rodents to research materials (1900-21)
  • Experiment and change : institutionalizing inbred mice (1922-30)
  • Mice for sale : commodifying research animals (1930-33)
  • A new deal for mice : biomedicine as big science (1933-40)
  • RxMouse : JAX mice in cancer research (1938-55)
  • Mouse genetics as public policy : radiation risk in cold war America (1946-56)
  • Animals and the new biology : oncomouse and beyond