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tyrelast Thursday at 1:07 AM2 repliesview on HN

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_FDEDlast Thursday at 1:34 AM

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

srousseylast Thursday at 4:52 AM

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

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