🌍 300 million people worldwide live with a rare disease. 👶 Up to 75% are children. 💊 Only 5% of rare diseases have an FDA-approved therapy. The JAX Rare Disease Translational Center is committed to changing these outcomes. Led by Vice President Cat Lutz, the team of 60 scientists and staff are advancing rare disease research—bringing targeted therapies from the lab to the clinic faster. ➡️ Learn more about the RDTC below and here: https://www.jax.org/research-and-faculty/research-centers/rare

11K views · 183 reactions | BREAKING ️: We're Sending Mighty Mice to Space!  Over the course of 40 days at the International Space Station, researchers will determine the effect of microgravity on JAX's Mighty Mice – genetically engineered mice that lack myostatin and therefore display increased muscle mass.  #miceinspace https://www.jax.org/personalized-medicine/mighty-mice-in-space | The Jackson Laboratory | Facebook

For more than 30 years, JAX has used cryopreservation to safeguard embryos and sperm from research mice. Using in vitro fertilization, JAX has created a new colony of specialized hACE2 mice to support global research on COVID-19. https://www.jax.org/news-and-insights/2020/march/saving-science-by-saving-mice | The Jackson Laboratory