JuniorsCrackDealerNov 4

Maybe there was a cure for human cancer, but it didn't work at all in mice.

https://lemmy.world/post/38336481

Show threadAbouBenAdhemNov 4
In the long run, using mice to test human medicines will result in selection pressure for humans whose physiology more and more closely resembles mice.
Show threadozymandiasNov 4
they use a lot of other things… including living human cancer cells in a petri dish
Show threadDevjavu
Se we will become cancer
Nov 5 at 10:56amWeb
Show threadozymandiasNov 5
well no, they kill cancer in petri dishes
Show threadDevjavuNov 5
It was a joke about selection pressure.
Show threadSlartyBartFastNov 5
Maybe the real cancer is the friends we made along the way
Show threadSaveTheTuaHawkNov 5
The reality is that even if there was a magic bullet for cancer, all cancer, it would only extend lives a few years.
Show threadDevjavuNov 5
How does that work?