News Bite - January 2021

News Bites are monthly episodes where Danielle and Jeff break down important topics surrounding the field of biomedical research.

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In this edition of News Bites, Jeff and Danielle discuss:

Proposed legislation that has an impact on the use of animals in biomedical researchmRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccine being used to treat/prevent Multiple SclerosisThe mind-boggling oddities surrounding the platypus and the recent genome sequencing project that’s been completedA new type of snake movement discovery and how it can help develop snake-like robots

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Legislation Webinar Recording (created by AMP, SUBR, NABR): https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3578344511748080385Legislative Search Results | Congress.gov | Library of CongressBioNTech creates a multiple sclerosis vaccine | Daily Mail OnlineMapping the platypus genome: How Earth's oddest mammal got to be so bizarre -- ScienceDailyBrown tree snakes use their tails as lassos to climb wide trees | Science NewsAmericans for Medical ProgressAmericans for Medical Progress COVID-19 Resources 

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