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[–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 90 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

Probably worth adding "in mice" to the title

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Now we only need a drug to turn humans into mice and back.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 4 points 4 hours ago

Cindarellazine.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 27 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

Mice are really living in a golden age. They have never been so healthy.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Did they test sildenafil on mice

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

The only downside is the never ending genocide at the hands of scientists

[–] Phantaloons@piefed.zip 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The mice need a floatilla and a few celebrities to turn on the red carpet and go "Yeah but what about the genocide of mice? -- Chekmate, deuces."

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Uhhh you do know what happens to them at the end of the experiment right?

[–] DisasterTransport@startrek.website 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

They turn into a soup-like homogenate. As is natural in the life cycle of a lab mouse.

And if they weren't euthanized they would almost certainly die of horrible horrible cancerous tumors. Not because of anything the labs do, but because it's a crime against nature for a mouse to live past maybe 2 years.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 6 points 11 hours ago

And simultaneously unhealthy (otherwise how are we"curing" them)

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 19 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

And human tissues, and it's been shown to be safe in phase I trials.

So saying "in mice" undersells where they are at.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Yeah looks like poster either didn't read the article or just didn't read it sufficiently but decided to be reactionary anyways.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 31 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This is not the xkcd I thought you were going to use

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Which one did you have in mind?

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] kamen@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

So "xkcd" is now a genericised noun for any comic? Also, is this xerox a Canon?

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 8 points 10 hours ago

"four letter science comic"

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Are you really that offended I linked to a relevant comic that wasn't xkcd?

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world -1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I take it you didn't read the conversation to get the markers about the topic before posting that.

Lots of reading comprehension problems in these science posts

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Protip, being abrasive makes people not want to talk to you.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Just to clear up any confusion: I'm not posting for your approval. Between you and the reactionary posters in these threads: I couldn't imagine anyone I'd be more repellent to have a rapport with.

You asked a question, i simply answered it.
Maybe don't ask questions you don't like the answers to. It doesn't make any difference to me.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

Still abrasive.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

They started with mice. As does all experiments.

Did you only read half way through before reaction posting?

Weird.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

it's weird to comment "weird" on everything

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

Yes it would be. Good thing that's not happening. How's the spread of the misinformation? I see I'm hitting a few nerves.

GOOD.