EPISODE · Aug 30, 2020 · 20 MIN
"Like water-wings": how Kerry Lavender gave mice human lungs
from Researchers Under the Scope · host Jen Quesnel
They look like ordinary black mice with pink whiskers -- and small furry water-wings. To test coronavirus therapies, viral immunologist Kerry Lavender is using a grant of $267,500 to create designer laboratory mice. She's one of the only people in the world who can give each mouse a human immune system, and its own pair of human lungs.
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