Re:‘Dancing molecules’ successfully repair severe spinal cor...
by mindcrime on Monday November 22, 2021 @01:28PM
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The the answer in the science and medical communities is Almost Never "they're just mice, who cares"
That's fair. My comment above was maybe overly glib in that sense. But I was just trying to capture the general spirit of the thing, not write an essay, due to limits of time, interest, and knowledge on my part.
Re:‘Dancing molecules’ successfully repair severe spinal cor...
by taylorius on Monday November 22, 2021 @03:33PM
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It's funny how this cost benefit calculation is considered valid when applied to research on mice, but any such calculation used to try to justify research on humans would give a "divide by 0" error. I think there's an inconsistency there somewhere.
Re:‘Dancing molecules’ successfully repair severe spinal cor...
by klipt on Monday November 22, 2021 @04:27PM
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But there absolutely are clinical trials on humans. It's just the humans generally have to volunteer.
Re:‘Dancing molecules’ successfully repair severe spinal cor...
by mental1896 on Monday November 22, 2021 @12:14PM
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"it can't be done any other way" strikes me as pretty thin. Whereas we may not be able to conceive of another way at this point in time, it does no good to imagine that this condition will continue in perpetuity.
Re:‘Dancing molecules’ successfully repair severe spinal cor...
by s1artibartfast on Monday November 22, 2021 @12:46PM
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If you feel that the statement needs to be future proofed, feel free to add "at this time" when you read it.
I think the point still stands with this condition and will for the foreseeable future.
It is rather that this is an important experiment that can't be done any other way and can have large benefit for humans