The is a laboratory mouse with a genetic mutation that causes a deteriorated or absent thymus. This results in an inhibited immune system, specifically a lack of mature T cells, which prevents the mouse from rejecting foreign tissue.
If you are looking for a paper by a specific academic rather than about the mouse model, you might be thinking of: Mousumi Nu
: A professor of molecular and human genetics who publishes extensively in biology and genetics. The is a laboratory mouse with a genetic