Comment on Scientists regenerate neurons that restore walking in mice after paralysis from spinal cord injury
volodymyr@lemmy.world 9 months agoIt 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?
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.