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minus-squareJim East@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·6 months ago After just three months of enzyme inhibition, brain cells once on the brink of death were functioning more like those in healthy mice I have nothing against mice, but I don’t think I’d want my brain to function like theirs.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·6 months agoHere’s the thing: it does already. That’s why mice are great early research animals.
minus-squareJim East@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months ago“Close enough” is not close enough. No reason to think that Parkinson’s would be any different.
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minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoHumans have no right to experiment on other living beings.
minus-squareJim East@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoAlso this, but I thought it went without saying.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoUnfortunately carnists are still experimenting on animals.
minus-squareJim East@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoDescartes should have just said “cogito ergo sum” and published his coordinate system and quit while he was ahead.
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I have nothing against mice, but I don’t think I’d want my brain to function like theirs.
Here’s the thing: it does already. That’s why mice are great early research animals.
“Close enough” is not close enough.
No reason to think that Parkinson’s would be any different.
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Humans have no right to experiment on other living beings.
Also this, but I thought it went without saying.
Unfortunately carnists are still experimenting on animals.
Descartes should have just said “cogito ergo sum” and published his coordinate system and quit while he was ahead.
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