When a Bad Animal Model is Good: Cystic Fibrosis
A �good� animal model is one that has the same symptoms of a disease that we do, right?
Not always. Sometimes we can actually learn more when an animal is not a perfect model; their good health can reveal new points of intervention. That�s the case for cystic fibrosis, according to findings published in Science . Mice with cystic fibrosis (CF) that do not develop airway infections hold a chemical clue to how people with CF might do the same.
Not always. Sometimes we can actually learn more when an animal is not a perfect model; their good health can reveal new points of intervention. That�s the case for cystic fibrosis, according to findings published in Science . Mice with cystic fibrosis (CF) that do not develop airway infections hold a chemical clue to how people with CF might do the same.
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