• wabafee@lemmy.worldOP
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    7 months ago

    My thought was they will always be in the frontiers of medicine since they are used as experiments. Results from rat experiments does not usually equate to be successful to humans. Not saying we should forgo ethics and do human experiments right away, just an observation.

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      7 months ago

      it doesnt equate to overall better rats either. its not like the cumulative knowledge of rat health is used against some population to make them better.

      in fact, id argue this placement causes them worse outcomes overall as they are continually killed for analysis even upon success.

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        7 months ago

        Yeah your right my observation is just more on the technology side of thing they are more advance. We just happen to know a lot about rats psychology and their anatomy as a side effect trying to advance ours.

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      7 months ago

      Don’t forget mice. Those fuckers get all the treatments for cancer. Selfish bastards.