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Fixable and refusing to address? At the end of this I've linked a grant request from the NIH for better models, and this isn't a u ique or one of grant request.
by vikramkr 6y ago
Fixable and refusing to address? At the end of this I've linked a grant request from the NIH for better models, and this isn't a u ique or one of grant request. Hundreds of researchers and companies are working tirelessly on things like organ on a chip. Every drug required human trials to prove they work and could never get approved on mouse trust alone. Preclinical work will use animals up to monkeys if needed to get the best data. Neuroscience is developing brain organoids we can use that are created from actual human cells so we can move away from mice. This is millions of dollars of research being poured into this space because it turns out the scientific community does not like spending billions of dollars on failed drugs that we might have known about if we had better models. Saying the problem is fixable and that the scientific community just doesnt care is incredibly naive - it's like saying higher energy density batteries are trivially achievable but battery researchers are just too lazy right now. Its difficult, and many mainstream researchers have literally dedicated their lives to it.
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-19-369.html https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-19-369.html