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What's the deal with the "headline ... in a California newspaper", "Scientists say that mice cannot be made to look like human beings"? Is this referencing some

• syncsynchalt 3y ago
  Presumably in the context of medical testing. It's a common point made in journals to this day: - https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/why-drugs-tested-in-mice-fail-in-human-clinical-trials/ https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/why-drugs-tested-in-... - https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/science/testing-of-some-deadly-diseases-on-mice-mislead-report-says.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/science/testing-of-some-d... - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/20/mice-clinical-trials-human-disease https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/20/mice-clinica... and a humorous take: - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/01/scientists-ask-are-mice-people https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/01/scientists-ask...