Thursday, March 15, 2018

City mouse-country mouse experiment shows link between environment, worm infections

03/15/2018 09:23 AM EDT

lab mouse that was reintroduced into a natural environment explore it's surroundings

Worm infections were worse in mice living outdoors versus the lab, providing evidence that environment influences how the immune system responds to pathogens.


Full story at https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/03/08/city-mouse-country-mouse-study-shows-link-environment-worm-infections

Source
Princeton University


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