H. Shaw Warren

Why do we use mice to study human diseases?

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About H. Shaw Warren

H. Shaw Warren, M.D., is a physician and pediatrician in the Infectious Disease Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Shaw received his training from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, and did further training in Infectious Disease in Boston and at the Institute Pasteur in Paris before returning to Boston.

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Mice may be completely unlike men when it comes to their immune systems, says H. Shaw Warren, and will help us study treatments for some of our ills only when we can recognize and learn from our differences.

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