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How genetically engineered mice could help stop Lyme disease

Name: How genetically engineered mice could help stop Lyme disease
Uploaded: 2025-10-07T09:30:00-0400
Duration: 3 min 52 s
Description: As Lyme disease cases surge across the U.S., researchers on Nantucket, Massachusetts, are turning to genetic engineering to stop the ticks that transmit it. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook has more.

As Lyme disease cases surge across the U.S., researchers on Nantucket, Massachusetts, are turning to genetic engineering to stop the ticks that transmit it. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook has more.