Chen explains that cows, quails and humans are all afflicted by Pompe disease. However, with the amount of medication available for testing quite limited, he selected quails for use in animal experiments because of their small body size and the lower dosages they would need for testing.
陳垣崇指出，牛、鵪鶉和人一樣，都會罹患「龐貝氏症」，但在實驗用藥相當珍貴的情況下，他選擇以體積較小、藥物用量較少的鵪鶉來做動物實驗。