Model organisms are more than just monkeys and mice
Researchers use all kinds of living organisms to learn about life, from monkeys and mice to fruit flies and fungi even a relative of the mustard family that s celebrating its 200th anniversary. The list is legendary.
Model organisms or research organisms, as they are also known are living things that scientists, such as biologists, use to study human and other animal or plant life.
A model organism can be anything from single-celled bacteria to viruses and fungi. They can be more complex organisms, such as monkeys, mice, rats, frogs, elephants and a salamander called axolotl.
Norwich Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz thanked municipal leaders, senior centers and health centers, such as United Community and Family Services, for the state’s top ranking in vaccinating eligible residents and third-place status in testing for COVID-19 infections.
During a visit to the UCFS health center at 47 Town St. on Wednesday, Bysiewicz said 338,859 Connecticut residents had received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday, and 86,285 had received second doses. Statewide, 45% of residents age 75 and over have received at least their first dose.
“We are very excited to be the best vaccinated state in the country, Bysiewicz said, and the third top testing state in the country, which is also really critical to keeping people safe and healthy.”
Written by Andrew-Rossi on February 3, 2021
The dangerous disease has been found in a hunt area northwest of Cody, an unfortunate but not unexpected development given its spread across the Bighorn Basin.
The Wyoming Department of Game and Fish has confirmed that chronic wasting disease is present in yet another Bighorn Basin region – Hunt Area 109, northwest of Cody.
Deer Hunt Area 109 runs from Cody along WY Highway 120 ending a few miles southeast of Clark. Its boundaries include Rattlesnake Mountain, Pat O’Hara Mountain, and Creek, and the portion of the Chief Joseph Highway leading up to Dead Indian Hill and the Clarks Fork Canyon.