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Rat medicine is much more advance than humans. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 7 months ago by wabafee to c/showerthoughts
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The experiments are often done with modified rats (genetically or otherwise) to be closer to humans or they are in situations they would normally never get in (obesity or cancer...)

Makes it even more questionable if it's really worth it to do all this to have results that still not apply to humans. There is research for experiments that do not involve animals