For the first time, it could be demonstrated with smoking pregnant women and their children, how exposure to tobacco smoke affects the development of human immune system on molecular level. (sciencedaily.com)
In contrast, transplant rejection happens because a normal healthy human immune system can distinguish foreign tissues and attempts to destroy them. (sciencedaily.com)
The ability of this mouse model to support a fully functional human immune system will solve that problem. (jax.org)