Hurricane Sandy Claims Thousands of NYU Lab Mice

NPR | Nov. 09, 2012 10:03 a.m. | Updated: Nov. 09, 2012 11:35 a.m.

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Hurricane Sandy battered cities along the East Coast last week, and scientists at New York University were left reeling after thousands of lab mice at a research facility drowned due to flooding from the storm. How will the loss of these animals impact scientific research?