NIH Renews Knockout Mouse Project

Andy Fell — September 12, 2016 - 5:20pm

�ٺ��Ƶ has been awarded over $29 million from the National Institutes of Health under the next five-year phase of the Knockout Mouse Project, or KOMP. �ٺ��Ƶ is the lead organization in a consortium involving research partners at The Center for Phenogenomics in Toronto, Canada; the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, or CHORI; and Charles River Laboratories in Wilmington, Mass. “Knockout” mice are laboratory mice bred with specific genes silenced or “knocked out.” These mice have been an invaluable tool for fundamental research on a wide range of diseases and conditions.

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NIH Renews Knockout Mouse Project