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Opening Remarks, Judith Vaitukaitis
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... As we meet, valuable laboratory animal models are being exchanged among biomedical investigators at research institutions worldwide. Our collective attention to carefully characterizing and continuously monitoring the quality of our research animals contributes to establishing worldwide standards that will benefit all users.
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... NIH priorities include mapping and sequencing the mouse genome, establishing mutagenesis and phenotyping centers as well as expanding mutant mouse regional resource centers, and developing or expanding databases to facilitate access to appropriate animal models and provide relevant information about those genetic models. The rat model is also considered a primary biologic discovery tool and a principal model system for assigning functions to genes.
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... We must continue to safeguard our valuable and fragile laboratory animals by microbiologic monitoring for major infectious agents, improving diagnostic techniques for disease, training more pathobiologists, and developing more relevant databases and tools to mine data and increase access to information and other essential research resources. May our exchange today yield the knowledge needed to fulfill the world health promise of tomorrow.
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