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Tata Memorial Centre Opens Cryogenic Mouse Bank

Published 12/17/2013

Tata Memorial Centre has opened a cryogenic mouse embryo storage bank in Mumbai. Located at the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), the facility will preserve valuable genetic strains of laboratory rodents to support biomedical research by the Laboratory Animal Facility (LAF). Cryopreservation enables the storage of biological material at extremely low temperatures for long periods of time. The LAF maintains 22 different strains of mice as well as two strains of hamsters, one strain of rats, and one rabbit strain. Tata Memorial Centre is India's national comprehensive cancer facility.