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[–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 105 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Probably worth adding "in mice" to the title

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (5 children)

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

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

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

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

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

[–] M137@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

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

[–] Phantaloons@piefed.zip -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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."

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

Well they did pay for it.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago

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

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] DisasterTransport@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Did they test sildenafil on mice

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 6 points 3 days ago

Cindarellazine.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 25 points 3 days 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.

[–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

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

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days 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 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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

Which one did you have in mind?

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] kamen@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 9 points 3 days ago

"four letter science comic"

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

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

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days 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 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Not interested

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days 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 3 days ago (1 children)

it's weird to comment "weird" on everything

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world -4 points 3 days 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.