Outdoor Mouse Enclosure (image)

Princeton University

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Researchers brought laboratory mice to a new home in a rural setting to study how their immune systems respond to infection with parasitic worms. They found that the outdoor mice had a decreased ability to combat worm infections compared to mice that stayed in the lab, suggesting the importance of environment on experimental results.

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Photo by Andrea Graham, Princeton University

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Photo by Andrea Graham, Princeton University

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