oncomousen.
/ˈɒŋkə(ʊ)maʊs/, U.S. /ˈɑnkoʊˌmaʊs/, /ˈɑŋkoʊˌmaʊs/ Genetics.
A transgenic mouse carrying an activated human cancer gene, used in laboratory experiments.A proprietary name in the United States.
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1988 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 16 Nov. Dubbed ‘OncoMice’ because they carry human cancer genes, or oncogenes, the mice last spring became the first animals ever to be the subject of a U.S. patent.
1996 Internat. Jrnl. Immunopharmacol. 18 251 Oncomice fed the Lieber–DeCarli ethanol diet or receiving either saline or cocaine injections presented a higher tumor incidence than Oncomice receiving the control diet.
1998 K. Eshun More Brilliant than Sun i. 3 You become a human Oncomouse, ear sprouting from your neck in a fleshy umbrella.
2001 Nature 15 Nov. 241/2 The European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld the patent on the Harvard oncomouse, a mouse strain genetically engineered to be susceptible to cancer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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