Rats are cool for testing cancer. You feel a lump the size of a pea in the morning, call the vet, and by the time you have an appointment in the evening it’s grown to the size of a pecan.
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MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoBest solution would be to not use antiquated systems for testing for human consumption, a method that isn’t even that indicative of how it would react to a human anyway.
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Narauko@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You will never get human trials for anything that hasn’t passed animal testing until we have lab grown human organs/organ systems, but that is a ways out and also somewhat controversial. Coning partial people or parts of people needs a lot of safeguards.
wabasso@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Curious if you’re thinking of any cases where we’d need a safeguard for any parts of the body other than the brain? Like would a whole human minus the brain be OK?
I guess there’s the whole identity theft and impersonation side of things.
Narauko@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The main concerns I see are if it is actually only individual organs, and things like your rights to your own genetic code/cell lines.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 weeks ago
I could easily see some corporation buying someone’s intellectual property rights to their genetic code. I do recall a Supreme Court case where a company patented DNA.
wabasso@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Yeah but can you give more details? Like what’s an example of something bad happening if it’s more than individual organs, like your entire body minus your head for example.