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[–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 105 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Probably worth adding "in mice" to the title

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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

[–] rethnor@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is it still genocide if the ones killing are also reproducing them?

[–] M137@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's kinda worse. Imagine if aliens came here and not just killed us all, but bred us only to be experimented on and then horribly dying with less than 1% living a bit longer and maybe experience some odd things the others didn't. Like a factory where the first machine is making us have children before we get killed then doing the same for our kids ad infinitum.5

[–] rethnor@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I do agree that it might be worse, probably worse that meat stock, which is raised to die. At least they aren't tortured.

[–] Phantaloons@piefed.zip -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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."

[–] Aatube@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

the very purpose of the floatillas is to get the mice out of the war-torn area to safety

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] DisasterTransport@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

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

Did they test sildenafil on mice

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Well they did pay for it.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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

Which one did you have in mind?

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] kamen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago

"four letter science comic"

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Not interested

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 27 points 1 month ago (2 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 4 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

The language I see is regeneration in mice, less breakdown in humans

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 6 points 1 month ago

Cindarellazine.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month 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 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it's weird to comment "weird" on everything

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month 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.