A team led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists has developed a more human-like mouse model of cancer they say will aid the search for cancer-causing genes and improve the predictive value of laboratory drug testing.Ronald A. DePinho, MD, of Dana-Farber has created mice that form tumors that are more genetically complex and unstable — and therefore a better stand-in for human cancers — than those of conventional genetically engineered mouse models of cancer. [click link for full article]