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"Like water-wings": how Kerry Lavender gave mice human lungs

Author
Jen Quesnel
Published
Sun 30 Aug 2020
Episode Link
https://ovdr-com.libsyn.com/like-water-wings-how-kerry-lavender-gave-mice-human-lungs-to-test-coronavirus-therapies

They look like ordinary black mice with pink whiskers -- and small furry water-wings. To test coronavirus therapies, viral immunologist Kerry Lavender is using a grant of $267,500 to create designer laboratory mice. She's one of the only people in the world who can give each mouse a human immune system, and its own pair of human lungs. 

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