It does make you wonder what caused spinal injury in these mice. I do not suppose there is a sufficient natural supply of these kinds of injured mice.
But, if not animal testing, how do you propose to develop the treatment?
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Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Fuck animal testing
volodymyr@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s a little grim, but there’s a standard SCI (spinal cord injury) guillotine that drops a weight with an angled wedge to cause a near perfectly replicable SCI. The mouse is sedated, but it’s not exactly a good time for the mouse.
But yeah, the alternative is testing on humans, which, I really don’t think we need a reminder on why that’s super illegal.
volodymyr@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This is a remarkably specific and disturbing fact. Thank you for sharing.
Eximius@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Are you vegan?
Rooty@lemmy.world 9 months ago
People who value the lives of small rodents over the lives of fellow human beings should have theor heads checked because their moral compass is seriously out of whack.
wafflez@lemmy.world 9 months ago
[deleted]Rooty@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Their whole consciousness reduced down to moving forward and backwards in a toy car. Absolutely barbaric.
You’re making it sound like they did it for funsies, rather than important research. Also, link please, this sounds like a massive breakthrough.
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Animal testing has saved the lives of millions and improved billions. It’s gruesome, but necessary. Especially for research like this.