NY university faces growing criticism after Sandy kills lab mice

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NY university faces growing criticism after Sandy kills lab mice

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After superstorm Sandy flooded New York University's medical research laboratories, first accounts were of Herculean rescue efforts. Animal-care staffers spent the night watching over their furry charges and, the next morning, a bucket brigade of scientists and others hauled dry ice up 15 flights to save tissue samples and human organs kept on ice for research. But a week later a different pictures has emerged. Critics are asking whether the laboratories did everything they could - and whether they followed government guidelines - to protect the research animals. ...

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