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FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 4 days ago
The success rate in humans for something discovered in mice is about 1 in 100.
So a lot of the scientific journalism presenting a mouse model as a major discovery that will revolutionise [X disease] is straight up bad faith clickbait.
mang0@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Scientists are spending time and money to torture mice simply for fun with no practical use? Sounds very believable
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
Not for fun.
For grants, citations, and professional legitimacy. Ie. to keep up with the metrics required to not lose your job in modern research.