🌍 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

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20K views · 111 reactions | On our 9⃣0⃣th birthday, and his 30th year on JAX's Board of Trustees, David Shaw, Chair Emeritus of The Jackson Laboratory, reflects on the extraordinary role that JAX has played in one of the greatest scientific revolutions of all time. It's been a period of stunning breakthroughs in 溺 with dramatic implications for healthcare and quality of life: | The Jackson Laboratory | Facebook

1K views · 15 reactions |  溺 JAX reached several historic milestones in 2024, including ending the year with the highest annual awarded grant funding in our history! Learn more about how JAX is fueling innovation in personalized medicine and setting a new standard of excellence in biomedical research: https://www.jax.org/news-and-insights/2025/february/celebrates-a-year-of-important-achievements-in-genetics-and-genomics | The Jackson Laboratory | Facebook

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

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

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