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Why are mice always the subject to experiments?
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:28 pm
I have no problem with it, in face, hate rats.
I just want to know if they are selected due to cost, availability, similar body reactions to humans for medicine, combination of above?
I just want to know if they are selected due to cost, availability, similar body reactions to humans for medicine, combination of above?
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Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:29 pm to Shuga4689
Breed quickly, cheaply, profusely, transportable, no one cares about dead rats.
This post was edited on 12/9/21 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:30 pm to Shuga4689
quote:
I just want to know if they are selected due to cost, availability, similar body reactions to humans for medicine, combination of above?
Yes
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:30 pm to Shuga4689
take your thread title and just google it 
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:40 pm to Shuga4689
Cheap
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:44 pm to Shuga4689
all of the above and also there are special breeds of them where they are basically all clones and you can get much better baselines in studies and not have to account for genetic diversity and whatnot.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:46 pm to Shuga4689
there's no scientific basis for it
research scientists are notoriously corny and mice are just easy to name things like Julius Cheeser, etc.
research scientists are notoriously corny and mice are just easy to name things like Julius Cheeser, etc.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:47 pm to Shuga4689
Good question....why dont they use raccoons or monkeys
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:49 pm to Shuga4689
Rats and mice live off of the waste of humans, effects of our food and environment affect them similarly.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:53 pm to Poohter
New program in place mice no longer being used. New plan is to use attorneys!!! Several advantages
1 some many of them
2 lab techs don’t get attached
3. Some things a rat just won’t do
No charge????????
1 some many of them
2 lab techs don’t get attached
3. Some things a rat just won’t do
No charge????????
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:54 pm to Shuga4689
Watch the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the answer
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:54 pm to Shuga4689
Mice aren't the only ones, considering the current state of the mRNA vaccines.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 12:56 pm to Shuga4689
Quick lifecycle and reproduce like mother frickers.
You can track several generations in a relatively short timeframe compared to other warm blooded mammals.
You can track several generations in a relatively short timeframe compared to other warm blooded mammals.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 1:02 pm to Slagathor
quote:
there's no scientific basis for it
research scientists are notoriously corny and mice are just easy to name things like Julius Cheeser, etc.
The truth they don’t want you to know
Posted on 12/9/21 at 1:08 pm to molsusports
quote:
Watch the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the answer
Spoiler:
42
Posted on 12/9/21 at 1:10 pm to Shuga4689
I dont think the can vomit,so the drugs must stay in
Posted on 12/9/21 at 1:13 pm to Shuga4689
Maturity only takes 3.5 weeks.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 1:15 pm to Slagathor
quote:
there's no scientific basis for it
No Slag!! Say it isn't so. Say that it is because they decoded the mouse genome a long time ago, so experiments, and jean manipulation is easy.
How do they find those little Levi's?
Posted on 12/9/21 at 1:16 pm to Shuga4689
Mice :lol: :lol:
We are all subjects of this current experiment
:lol: :lol: We are all subjects of this current experiment
Posted on 12/9/21 at 1:17 pm to Shuga4689
Rats are used for comparative medicine research because their genetic, biological and behavioral characteristics have some resemblance to humans. There is controversy as to whether the Sprague Dawley or the Hannover Wistar Rat is the most appropriate model for toxicity studies.
Mice are often a first choice because of their size and low costs to maintain (along with the availability for genomic manipulation since the 80s)...but there are a lot of areas where Rats are preferred. Larger sized rats are better models for cardiovascular research, and because they are more social than mice, rats are more commonly used in behavioral studies.
Mice are often a first choice because of their size and low costs to maintain (along with the availability for genomic manipulation since the 80s)...but there are a lot of areas where Rats are preferred. Larger sized rats are better models for cardiovascular research, and because they are more social than mice, rats are more commonly used in behavioral studies.
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