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Contact: Lisa Chensvold
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University of North Carolina Health Care
Caption: The humanized "BLT" mouse is created by introducing human bone marrow, liver and thymus tissues into animals without an immune system of their own. The BLT mouse has a fully functioning human immune system.
Credit: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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