Sandy hits science

摘要

As well as battering New York and much of the east coast (see page 6), superstorm Sandy has taken its toll on vital research and equipment.rnAt New York University's Medical Center almost 10,000 genetically engineered mice perished in the flooded cellars of the Smilow Research Center, destroying a decade's worth of work into heart disease, cancer, autism and schizophrenia. "It's an absolute tragedy any way you look at it," says Gordon Fishell, head of a lab at the centre.