Re:Rare Mutation Kills Off Gene Responsible For Diabetes
by ekianjo on Monday March 03, 2014 @04:35AM
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I've been saying this for years. Most of the tox studies or efficacy studies in mice have poor or no models that correlate with human biology. They are indicative at best but should never be used to give a black or white story. The pharma industry and academia is throwing every single year dozens of potentially active molecules because they see toxicity in animals. Note that animals models have also permeated the regulatory bodies, therefore making it into de facto requirements to develop drugs. And it is so rarely ever contested on scientific grounds, where the Science part is effectively very thin.
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Re:Rare Mutation Kills Off Gene Responsible For Diabetes
by Ygg2 on Monday March 03, 2014 @05:05AM
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So, we need a better mouse.
How are computer simulation at modelling drug efficiency? Better than mouse, worse, unknown?
Re:Rare Mutation Kills Off Gene Responsible For Diabetes
by zacinbusiness on Monday March 03, 2014 @05:24AM
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I think they are poor because there are so manny factors involved that it's difficult to create a reliable model. But I don't know, so this is my opinion. Computers could probably help test simple hypotheses but I don't think they could be used as evidence to begin human trials.