Debate rages over mouse studies’ relevance to humans

Last year, researchers concluded rodents are not good mimics of human inflammation; new study says the reverse

In direct conflict with a controversial 2013 study, researchers say that mice may be better mimics of human inflammation than previously suggested.

The earlier study found that inflammation brought on by burns, sepsis and trauma changed gene activity very differently in mice and humans (SN: 3/23/13, p.10