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Categories: Immunology mice
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nude mouse  athymic mice  Athymic mouse  Athymic nude mouse  mice, nude
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A mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues; widely used in preclinical trials WordNet 3.0
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A mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues; widely used in preclinical trials WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A nude mouse is a laboratory mouse from a strain with a genetic mutation that causes a deteriorated or absent thymus, resulting in an inhibited immune system due to a greatly reduced number of T cells. Wikipedia
Mutant line of mouse homozygous for the recessive gene "nude" which fail to develop a thymus or much body hair Wikidata
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