Mice and men make livers differently

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An MIT research team studying gene regulation in mouse and human liver cells has found that master regulatory proteins function differently in the two. From left post-doc Robin Dowell Professor Ernest Fraenkel graduate student Kenzie MacIsaac and res ...
An MIT research team studying gene regulation in mouse and human liver cells has found that master regulatory proteins function differently in the two. From left, post-doc Robin Dowell, Professor Ernest Fraenkel, graduate student Kenzie MacIsaac and research technician William Gordon discuss their research. Photo / Donna Coveney

Scientists often study mice as a model for human biology and disease, because their basic biological processes are assumed to be essentially the same as those of humans.


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