First Mice Engineered to Survive COVID-19 Like Young, Healthy Humans
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers have genetically engineered the first mice that get a human-like form of COVID-19, according to a study published online November 1 in Nature.
- NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers have genetically engineered the first mice that get a human-like form of COVID-19, according to a study published online November 1 in Nature.
- The mice with this genetic change developed symptoms similar to young humans infected with the virus causing COVID-19, instead of dying upon infection as had occurred with prior mouse models.
- "This has been a major missing piece in efforts to develop new drugs against this virus."
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