Brattleboro

Meaning

Noun

A kind of rat used in medical research, having a naturally-occurring genetic mutation that prevents it from producing vasopressin.

Origin

The strain was developed by Henry Schroeder and technician Tim Vinton in West Brattleboro, Vermont, beginning in 1961, for Dartmouth Medical School.

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