11.   Some carry a gene that enables them to make a human growth factor in their eggs, while others produce a human antibody.

12.   The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company said that as part of the technique, it resurfaces the mouse antibody with a human antibody.

13.   The mouse, known as HuMAb-Mouse, is genetically engineered to produce fully human antibodies.

14.   The new treatment combines mouse antibodies with human antibodies to fool the immune system.

15.   The response to the so-called human anti-mouse antibody has limited the possible uses of traditional monoclonal antibodies.

16.   The study uses engineered antibodies from mice that act as anti-missile missiles to seek out regular human antibodies and tie them up so they cannot react to allergens.

17.   The test looks for a piece of the virus itself instead of human antibodies.

18.   To create the drug, Protein Design Labs scientists developed rejection-fighting antibodies in mice, then grafted them to human antibodies.

19.   Abgenix uses genetically engineered mice to develop fully human antibodies.

20.   Mouse antibodies were studied for potential as human drugs because it was impossible to make human antibodies until more recently.