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Re:Found: A protein that drives ageing without unleashing in... by therein on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:11PM (#50491489)
> Virtually all old mice die of cancer, especially in the lab

Is this related to them being cloned? Did anyone try to get some random mice or is that too taboo?

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Re:Found: A protein that drives ageing without unleashing in... by cyberax on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:20PM (#50491565)
No, even wild mice or rats are cancer magnets. If you have a pet rat, it will likely die of cancer.

This is a huge problem for medical research. Imagine that you conduct a safety test of your compound on mice, and 25% of the test group die of cancer within 1 year. That's bad, right? Well, the control group also has 20% cancer rate.

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