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Re:Study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function ... by trophycase on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @08:51PM (#24843866)
At some point are we better at healthcare for mice than for humans?
Re:Study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function ... by refurb on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @02:48AM (#24845345)
Sure if by better you mean ignoring long term efficacy and safety and then sacrificing them after the study is done.
Re:Study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function ... by arthurcolle on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @09:39PM (#24844075)
Almost definitionally, yes.
Re:Study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function ... by DoreenMichele on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:33PM (#24844272)
Maybe not. We do this to mice because experimenting on humans like they are Frankenstinian monsters is unethical and illegal.
Re:Study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function ... by jcims on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:24AM (#24844725)
Until we start growing little parts of humans - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41580-020-0259-3

I mean, little parts at first...then whole organs, then whole systems, then everything but the brain, etc etc.

Re:Study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function ... by DoreenMichele on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:31AM (#24844750)
I've never seen it, but I have heard that is basically the plot for the movie The Island: What happens when we get to the logical end point and it turns out you need to grow a whole person for things to work right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film)

Re:Study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function ... by xwdv on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:45PM (#24844571)
But far more effective unfortunately. Imagine the advances that could be made without moral obligations getting in the way.
Re:Study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function ... by DoreenMichele on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:52PM (#24844604)
Funny, I see zero evidence that the Syphilis experiment done on Black men in Alabama without their consent has done anything at all for the status or health of Black Americans.

It seems to me their lives still suck more than average for Americans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study

Re:Study reveals restoration of retinal and visual function ... by xwdv on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:36AM (#24844770)
I cannot comment on that particular experiment.