Louise Gibbard

Jan 17, 2025 | nature.com | Long Châu |Chen-Hsuin Lee |Christine Tait-Burkard |Sarah Fletcher |Louise Gibbard |J. Kenneth Baillie | +1 more

AbstractAnimal models that accurately reflect COVID-19 are vital for understanding mechanisms of disease and advancing development of improved vaccines and therapeutics. Pigs are increasingly recognized as valuable models for human disease due to their genetic, anatomical, physiological, and immunological similarities to humans, and they present a more ethically viable alternative to non-human primates.