Lab Mice Are Too Clean.

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      The article reports that laboratory mice can be poor models of the human adult immune system based on a study by Professor David Masopust et al., published in the spring 2016 issue of the journal "Nature." Topics covered include Masopust's suspicion that commercially provided lab mice were missing some key immune cells, and the potential to provide a more realistic view of disease progression and treatment responses in human adults by combining lab mice with animals from the wild.