How do I get from here to there? Navigating precision medicine in cancer

This scenario is more complicated than it may seem. With genomic tumor testing, a negative result is not always definitive. In some cases a genomic variant can be present but not detected by the...

Assessing patient health risks with limited or unknown family history

With November designated as Family Health History month, clinicians are sure to have seen lots of messaging encouraging their patients to discuss family health history around the holiday table....

Underrepresented, underserved and understudied

Frustrated about lack of actionable results in genetic testing Donna is a 60-year-old Black woman with a personal history of breast cancer, diagnosed at age 49. Her oncologist recommended she...

Diversity Mice User Guide

This user guide is designed to introduce you to the core concepts of genetic diversity, present diversity models, and their key features.

Important Considerations for Generating Genetic Humanized Mouse Models

The term humanization is used, to much confusion, to mean several different things in mouse research. While broad in scope and technique, all humanized mouse models share a common goal – to better lev

Kids at risk? When parents should consider hereditary cancer testing for their children.

If you’ve been following our blog or participating in our courses (learn.education.jax.org), you’ll know that there are many hereditary cancer syndromes that increase adults’ lifetime cancer...

Wearables, clinical data and COVID-19

Like one in five Americans, I wear a watch that also tracks several health-related statistics through the day. It tells me how well I slept, how many steps I took, how high my heart rate got...

Old Age and Diet Together in Mice Represent a Unique Model of Human NASH

Aged C57BL/6J mice represent a new dietary model for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) that accounts for the known risk factor of age in the human disease.

Genetically Diverse Mouse Models for Every Stage of the Research Pipeline

Mouse research is often performed in genetically-defined inbred mouse strains, where each mouse within a strain is virtually identical to one another.

3 Things to Know About Genomic Tumor Test Selection

Dr. Yang is a community oncologist who sees patients with a range of cancer types and indications. She often recommends tumor biomarker testing, or genomic tumor testing, for patients with...

Applying sequencing power to the smallest organisms

But what about other organisms? Plants have proven to be particularly thorny sequencing subjects, with many containing massive, highly repetitive genomes. The largest yet identified is from Paris...

Crafting a Precise Genetic Mouse Model with JAX

Craft the ideal model with JAX's Model Generation Services to design and produce the genetically modified mouse model that is precisely what you need for your research.

CRS: FAQs

The JAX CRS assay has a highly flexible design applicable to a wide variety of human specific immune modulatory therapies. The assay can test both immunostimulatory and immunosuppressive therapies.

Novel antibody tests reveal complexity of immune response to covid-19

JAX President Edison Liu Answers Questions about the Spread of COVID-19 on Maine Calling

JAX President and CEO Edison T. Liu was the guest for the second hour of the March 31 airing of Maine Calling on Maine Public Radio.

Top Tips for Overcoming the Impact of the Pandemic on Scientific Discovery

The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic created a ripple effect throughout the scientific community. Here are our top tips for staying resilient.

Help for Heros | Partners on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19

Coronavirus testing at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) helps Connecticut track and prevent transmission of COVID-19. To date, JAX has processed more than one million tests.

CAR T therapy testing—how it started and how it’s going

At The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), we are working with our customers to test CAR T efficacy in solid and disseminated tumors and investigate new models of efficacy and safety testing of this nascent the

Introduction: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) blog series

The Clinical & Continuing Education team at The Jackson Laboratory is excited to announce a new Diversity, Equity & Inclusion series within our blog communications with healthcare providers. We...