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World’s first mouse model with fully functional human immune system developed | This new approach may offer a viable alternative to the use of non-human primates in immunological and microbiological research.


Scientists have engineered mice with a fully functional human immune system, opening doors to revolutionary research in immunology.

He further expresses optimism that this novel approach could potentially render the use of non-human primates obsolete in immunological and microbiological biomedical research. Following the development of the THX model, the is now investigating the in vivo human immune response to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) at the systemic and local levels. He has been previously associated with well-known media houses, including the International Business Times (Singapore Edition) and ANI.

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