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In this experiment, it sounds like they are killing naturally created monkeys for their placenta
by readthenotes1 3y ago
In this experiment, it sounds like they are killing naturally created monkeys for their placenta
- inglor_cz 3y agoI had the impression that they cultivate placentas from "normal" (non-cloned) IVF-like embryos, which are nevertheless not-yet-monkeys.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoWhat are monkey embryos, if not monkeys, and at what point do they transmute into monkeys?
- inglor_cz 3y agoIsn't an analogical question a major flashpoint of culture wars in the US?
- karamanolev 3y agoIn this experiment particularly, yes, but I would bet the original comment was referring to "The new technique could unlock possibilities for using cloned primates in drug testing and behavioural research." I was asking why using cloned primates for testing is better or worse than using naturally created monkeys. The research could be potentially better (more consistent results), but are the monkeys suffering less or more? Not clear to me.
- timschmidt 3y agoMore consistent results are great, so long as they're representative of the whole, which becomes decreasingly likely as the group of test subjects approaches a monoculture.