Sentences with phrase «because wild mice»
Because wild mice are constantly exposed to germs and other environmental insults, he adds, they carry microbiomes that have evolved to help their hosts cope with these problems, seemingly making the immune system less reactive to harmless microbes and other environmental insults, yet more reactive to other, potentially deadly ones.
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This is because, on treating with the antibiotic ampicillin, no inflammation was observed in wild - type SPF mice with the induction of TH1 cells as described above, but it was caused in IL (interleukin)-10-deficient SPF mice.
He says, however, because they are small and easy to keep in captivity — unlike wild mice, which are notoriously difficult to maintain in cages — wall lizards would make a good model species for experiments designed to determine the effects of toxins on mortality, reproduction and growth.
Only 6 of the 30 wild - type mice (20 %) died during the course of this study because of fights or undetermined causes (five cases) and, in one case, because of a thymic lymphoma.
Because the SD of brain progranulin in wild - type mice was about 10 % of the mean level, progranulin levels in Grn + / − mice would need to increase from 50 % of normal to 80 % of normal, i.e. by 30 % of the normal value, to reach the lower limit of normal.
Two new mice from Logitech have us intrigued this week - not because they're anything wild or extravagant, but because they're quiet.