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You have to start somewhere though.
by hungryforcodes 5y ago
You have to start somewhere though.
- jonplackett 5y agoI would guess things like how nerves and bones work is more similar across species than, say, how drugs might work on the brain, where a mouse brain is a hell of a lot different to human. Is that a reasonable assumption?
- AnthonBerg 5y agoIf there is a difference, we’ll learn what the difference is, and if there’s another one after that the same, and so on.
- hungryforcodes 5y agoRight, exactly! You expressed it much better than I did. :)
- Kaibeezy 5y agoI was wondering the same thing. Pluses and minuses... Rodents represent readily available models that can be used for a deeper understanding of basic biological mechanisms and for proof of concept for preclinical research hypotheses. However, attempts at direct clinical translation to humans have proven problematic or even impossible to date, principally due to issues of scaling and complexity. https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ijscrt/international-journal-of-stem-cell-research-and-therapy-ijscrt-3-042.php?jid=ijscrt https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ijscrt/international-jo...
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- Chris2048 5y agoYes, but publication of hopeful articles should be near the end, not the start.