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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The success rate in humans for something discovered in mice is about 1 in 100.

So a lot of the scientific journalism presenting a mouse model as a major discovery that will revolutionise [X disease] is straight up bad faith clickbait.

[–] mang0@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Scientists are spending time and money to torture mice simply for fun with no practical use? Sounds very believable

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago

Not for fun.

For grants, citations, and professional legitimacy. Ie. to keep up with the metrics required to not lose your job in modern research.