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Experimenting on humans is possible; that’s what clinical trials are for

• danieltillett 9y ago
  The problem is the FDA won’t let you in practice test in humans until you have shown effectiveness in animal models. Of course if the animal model is not similar to the human form then what you end up doing is testing a drug that worked for one disease on a totally different one. In someways it is like using a drug that treats high blood pressure and then testing to see if cures bladder cancer. You might get lucky, but it is a pretty longshot.
• adrianN 9y ago
  But you can't try a couple of drugs and then dissect the humans to see how the plaque in their brain looks like. Genetically engineering humans to develop Alzheimer more quickly is also generally frowned upon.
• ci5er 9y ago
  Ha! You are funny. Please show me the regs via which this is as possible as you suggest.