Lab mice have extremely long telomeres compared to wild mice and humans. This would theoretically make them better able to heal but more prone to cancer. This

Lab mice have extremely long telomeres compared to wild mice and humans. This would theoretically make them better able to heal but more prone to cancer. This also makes them a poor model for testing the toxicity of drugs because they would be better able to deal with the damage caused by drug toxicity. Drugs that have been developed using these mice could have a higher toxicity than the lab mice data suggests. Weinstein uses the Vioxx scandal as a possible example of such a drug.