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SUBMITTER: Shimoyama M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6057551 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shimoyama Mary M Smith Jennifer R JR Bryda Elizabeth E Kuramoto Takashi T Saba Laura L Dwinell Melinda M
ILAR journal 20170701 1
Rats remain a major model for studying disease mechanisms and discovery, validation, and testing of new compounds to improve human health. The rat's value continues to grow as indicated by the more than 1.4 million publications (second to human) at PubMed documenting important discoveries using this model. Advanced sequencing technologies, genome modification techniques, and the development of embryonic stem cell protocols ensure the rat remains an important mammalian model for disease studies. ...[more]