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Re:In the future, lab mice will live in computer chips, not ... by foobar_ on Friday July 03, 2020 @10:06AM (#23724134)
Citation needed. What specific things were discovered ? Are they useful to humans ? Could they be done without testing ?

All that I read are pointless science articles about aging in mice as if that applied to humans.

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Re:In the future, lab mice will live in computer chips, not ... by hobofan on Friday July 03, 2020 @10:31AM (#23724366)
> Are they useful to humans?

No, probably not. I'm sure they are just giving Nobel Prizes for Medicine out for funny discoveries rather than for findings that form the basis of most of our current and future medicine.

> Could they be done without testing?

Sure they could! But scientists just love to make animals suffer!

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Re:In the future, lab mice will live in computer chips, not ... by foobar_ on Friday July 03, 2020 @11:18AM (#23724734)
> Nobel Prizes for Medicine out for funny discoveries

Yes, just like they give oscars to pointless movies. Even roman numerals had its fervent defenders.

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