The social life of mouse immune systems
Published Date: 2/7/2024
Source: phys.org
Hanging out a lot with the same crowd can make immune systems of individual animals similar, even if the crowd is not related. That's according to a recent paper published in Science Advances that teased out connections between social behaviors and immune cell profiles of lab mice which were allowed to "rewild" and do as they pleased in controlled, predator-free outdoor enclosures.