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[–] False@lemmy.world 97 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The transmission of CWD to other species such as squirrel monkeys and humanized mice has been observed in experimental settings.[4]

Yes, let's become human patient 0

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"Humanized mice"

This is probably less insidious than it sounds, but can anyone elaborate on what this means?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 39 points 2 months ago

A humanized mouse is a genetically modified mouse that has functioning human genes, cells, tissues and/or organs.[1] Humanized mice are commonly used as small animal models in biological and medical research for human therapeutics.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanized_mouse

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago

Early research into skaven

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Not encouraging, I've been talking to the hunters in my life about this issue, so I'll have to add the observed-laboratory-conditions-transmission to the convo...