Laboratory mouse
Immune system
Laboratory mouse
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In the wild, good health and successful reproduction depend heavily on an animal’s ability to survive a wide array of infections. Much of what we know about how animals combat infection comes from studies using laboratory mice. Immunologists Jan Bradley and Kathryn Else discuss how these findings are being applied to animals living in the wild
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