A team of researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center were the first to generate a bona fide mouse model of a Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and potentially aggressive form of skin cancer. The study outlining these results appeared in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Read more:
June 15, 2022
Viral proteins key to tumor model in mice
Researchers have figured out how to create a mouse model of a rare but fatal skin cancer, a scientific discovery 10 years in the making.