The information that follows is from Sara, the nurse that is directly involved with this program. As you can see, even the MouseSkin family travels:
Carpe Diem.
As I said on the phone yesterday, there are now a total of 12 mice in Maryland. From the initial implantation, there are 9 mice with measurable tumors and one more with a palpable tumor. There are 2 mice that were propagated into the next generation and both of these have measureable tumors. In addition, when these mice were propagated, tissue was sent to our facility in Texas to propagate additional mice there. There has been no change in these tumors. A few weeks ago, one of the mice in Maryland was found to have a cyst growing, and not a tumor and that mouse was euthanized according to protocol.
I will keep you posted as to the timing of the drug studies, but we need the mice to keep on growing a bit more so we can generate enough to study.
Take care.
Carpe Diem.
The Texas mice will grow bigger and tougher and will play real football, with helmets, and will make fun of the east coast mice because they talk funny.
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You crack me up !
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