Jackson, head of the Hudson Motorcar Company, and Edsel Ford, son of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford, provided initial funds for building the laboratory on 13 acres donated by George Dorr, a major benefactor of the development of Acadia National Park. Clarence Cook Little on the premise that the causes of cancer and other diseases could be discovered through mammalian research. JAX is also the world’s source for more than 7,000 strains of genetically defined mice, is home of the mouse genome database and is an international hub for scientific courses, conferences, training and education. ![]() Its research staff of more than 200 Ph.D.s and M.D.s investigates the genetic basis of cancers, heart disease, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, glaucoma, diabetes and many other human diseases and disorders, as well as normal development, reproduction and aging. Its mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health. Located at 600 Main Street, The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical mammalian research institution and National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center.
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