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...in mice. :/
by rendall 6mo ago
...in mice. :/
- jb1991 6mo agoThe reflex “in mice” meme has been annoying for quite some time.
- Aboutplants 6mo agoMaybe we need to flip it and start testing new mouse drugs on Humans?
- wellthisisgreat 6mo agoThe mouse lobby rears its [tiny] head again
- RobRivera 6mo agoWe need deeper research into mouse bites as medicine.
- wpm 6mo agoMore mouse bites!
- ben_w 6mo agoUnironically, SMBC is one of the two most important philosophical treatise in modern western culture: https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2881 https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2881
- stefs 6mo agoAs always. But it's a first step.
- adrian_b 6mo agoIt is not that simple. They have found first a correlation between the presence of this species of bacteria and muscle strength in humans. Then they have made an attempt to determine whether this correlation reflects a causal relationship. So they have fed mice previously treated with antibiotics, to remove their own gut bacteria, with this kind of bacteria extracted from humans. They have indeed seen an increase in muscular strength at the mice that have received the human bacteria, which seems to confirm causality between the presence of this bacterium and muscle strength. While they have also determined the biochemical changes in muscles that have caused increased strength, the mechanism of how the bacteria have influenced that remains a mystery. Perhaps this bacterium produces some substance that mimics a human hormone, e.g. a steroid. Paywalled research article: https://gut.bmj.com/content/early/2026/03/03/gutjnl-2025-336980 https://gut.bmj.com/content/early/2026/03/03/gutjnl-2025-336...
- rendall 6mo agoSo, literally, "Bacteria found in the human intestine capable of improving muscle strength in mice" then.
- SV_BubbleTime 6mo agoIf we wanted to we could either make super mice. Or have a great head start on really unethical but impressive human health progress… that just comes from all the horrible human testing that would be necessary.