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Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice with groundbreaking nanotech (www.sciencedaily.com)
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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Mice lie. Monkeys exaggerate. Ferrets are weasels.

[–] MalReynolds@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not nice Lie Mice lie.

I normally don't bother with typos, but this one changes meaning significantly, for those not in the know it's a saying in biological / biomedical science about the relevance of animal testing results to humans, although I'm unfamiliar with the ferrets part, but it's cool.

Mice lie and Monkeys exaggerate. - On the use of non-human primates in HIV research, Stephen B Weiner PhD.