More than 20 years after the first successful engraftment of human leukocytes and hematopoietic organs in mice, scientists met for the 2nd International Workshop on Humanized Mice to discuss progress and to highlight expectations in this dynamic field.
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We thank all of the IWHM II speakers for their contributions to the meeting and apologize to those participants whose findings we could not present here.
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Manz, M., Di Santo, J. Renaissance for mouse models of human hematopoiesis and immunobiology. Nat Immunol 10, 1039–1042 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni1009-1039
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