How are the transgenic mice is used in cancer research.

1. Transgenic mice are used in various reasearch areas of cancer research. 
2. Transgenic mice containing a particular oncogene (cance causing gene) develop specific cancer. 
3. They are used to study the relationship between oncogenes ans cancer development. Cancer treatment and prevention of malignancy. 
4. The transgenic mouse model for the investigation of the breast cancer was developed in the laboratory of Philip leder in Harvard (USA). 
5. Transgenic mice containing oncogenes myc and ras were analysed to find out the role of these genes in the development of breast cancer.