gerkletoss t1_j1eztom wrote
Presumably it will be some time before such alternatives can actually be approved as substitutes, but good. There are many ways in which this can be expected to be more effective than animal testing. There must be quite a few drugs over the years that would have been good for humans but were rejected because they were poisonous to mice.
Ithirahad t1_j1g2x54 wrote
Or vice-versa, a great number of drugs on which a lot of time and resources were wasted because they showed such promise in mice, despite being useless for humans.
ForceGhostVader t1_j1gj5fs wrote
If mice ever take over the world, we’ve already cured every ailment that could affect them which could launch them into some sort of super species
Alphecho015 t1_j1itsp7 wrote
You'd be surprised how accurate mice testing is. I'm in nanotechnology but yeah, recreating organ on chips is a HELLA interesting topic. Hopefully we'll see some lung on chip alternatives in the next decade or so, it'll help us improve medicine so much faster. God I love being in this science, I feel like the implications of Organ and Lab on chip in science and engineering is so underappreciated right now but it'll truly revolutionize testing one day.
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