The "in mice" meme needs to be retired. We share critical similarities in DNA, proteins, immune systems and immune responses that already have been the basis for impressive advances in research applicable to humans when it comes to immunotherapies.

We shouldn't overhype research done on mice but we also shouldn't reflexively dismiss it as unrelated to humans.

There is a natural tendency to hype basic research as having human applications because perhaps that will attract funding. But most of us are reading science news without any practical use for it. It's useful to have a succinct reminder to avoid getting too excited about it.

And yet the only human data they found to substantiate their claim is that little Figure 7.