athymic nude mouse

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000784",
  "term": "athymic nude mouse",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of laboratory mouse that is hairless, lacks a normal thymus gland, and has a defective immune system because of a genetic mutation. Athymic nude mice are often used in cancer research because they do not reject tumor cells, from mice or other species.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/athymic-nude-mouse/"
}