Translated from Russian original: В Новосибирске открыли памятник лабораторной мыши (July 2, 2013)According to the director of the institute Academician Nikolai Kolchanov, the monument symbolizes gratitude to the animal for the fact that mankind has the opportunity to use mice to study animal genes, molecular and physical mechanisms of diseases, and develop new medicines.
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