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No one is demanding they stop doing studies on mice, rather many people want these articles to make very clear if the results of studies are from humans or mice
by LegitShady 5y ago
No one is demanding they stop doing studies on mice, rather many people want these articles to make very clear if the results of studies are from humans or mice, because the results often don't translate across species.
- bb88 5y agoMaybe bring that up with the authors then? I would assume they would have felt the need to place that in their title if they believed it would be needed.
- LegitShady 5y agoIt's a long standing complaint about mouse studies - but when people add 'in mice' to titles readers care less, so they don't do that. Even nature has clickbait now.
- andy_ppp 5y agoI’m saying it’s pointless information because 99% of studies are done in mice, we should label the studies that are in humans (i.e. the exception). It’s almost certainly safe unless it says otherwise for people to stop writing this pointless meme after every study that ever appears anywhere. If it is really in humans that will be in the title in most cases because it’s surprising information.