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245 10 a| Making mice :b| standardizing animals for American biomedical research, 1900-1955 /c| Karen A. Rader.;

300 a| xviii, 299 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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500 a| Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, 1995.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-292) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

520 1 a| "Throughout Making Mice, Karen Rader explains how the story of mouse research illuminates our understanding of key issues in the history of science such as the role of model organisms in furthering scientific thought. Ultimately genetically standardized mice became icons of standardization in biomedicine by successfully negotiating the tension between the natural and the man-made in experimental practice." "This book will appeal not only to historians of science but also to biologists and medical researchers."--BOOK JACKET.;

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Making mice : standardizing animals for American biomedical research, 1900-1955 / Karen A. Rader.

Author/creator	Rader, Karen A., 1967-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Description	xviii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Me.) Mice as laboratory animals--History. Mice--genetics. --United States. Biomedical Research--history. --United States. Laboratories--history. --United States.

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.
Review	"Throughout Making Mice, Karen Rader explains how the story of mouse research illuminates our understanding of key issues in the history of science such as the role of model organisms in furthering scientific thought. Ultimately genetically standardized mice became icons of standardization in biomedicine by successfully negotiating the tension between the natural and the man-made in experimental practice." "This book will appeal not only to historians of science but also to biologists and medical researchers."--BOOK JACKET.
General note	Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, 1995.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-292) and index.
LCCN	2003054715
ISBN	0691016364 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780691016368 (cloth : alk. paper)

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