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Because people have a tendency to automatically dismiss findings when they're said to be "in mice".
by gwerbret 2y ago
Because people have a tendency to automatically dismiss findings when they're said to be "in mice".
- defrost 2y agoMore to the point, it's a gendered difference, in mice and likely in humans also. “One of the remarkable things about these findings is that if we hadn’t been studying female mice, which unfortunately is the norm in biomedical research, then we could have completely missed out on this finding,” Many people understand that results in mice indicate similar results in humans, those that don't are likely to misunderstand or dismiss work in other ways in any case.
- unaindz 2y agoI'm not sure if they tested on males but my understanding is that the hormone is produced by females but arguably could work on males too, just like with TRT where being biologically female doesn't deprive of the testosterone effects.
- bheadmaster 2y agoThat's because people assume that research is done on humans, if the sample species is not specified. Wouldn't it be dishonest to exploit that assumption?