I would be in favor of adding a standardized [in mice] to the titles of all HN submissions about medical breakthroughs. Most of them end up being in mice and many do not reproduce in humans. It would help, at a glance, to know how significant a study's results are.

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JSR_FDED 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Or alternatively, some marker to indicate the presence of an “only in mice” comment

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sroussey 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe we find out why things work in mice and not us.

	▲	gus_massa 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		This works in mice with small tumors for two weeks until the experiment ends. It's quite different form working in humans with big tumors for 5 years. Mice are good for early tries. The researchers had 9 bacterias and only 1 was successful. Experiments in mice are cheaper and have less ethical problems than experiments in humans. (Hey! They even injected the cancer cells in mice and waited a week until it grow. Nobody will approve that in humans.)