NYTimes Article: Mice Fall Short as Test Subjects...
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:37 pm
Here is a very interesting article from the New York Times. It makes me wonder if MS should be added to the list of diseases that the mouse model does not work for. In the almost 4 years since I've been diagnosed I've read dozens of studies that show mice can be cured of the mouse equivalent of MS, by substances that don't have that effect in people. This article makes a compelling argument for why that type of situation in another disease process occurs:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/scien ... -says.html
Mary Ann
Read the entire article at:Mice Fall Short as Test Subjects for Humans’ Deadly Ills
By GINA KOLATA
Published: February 11, 2013
For decades, mice have been the species of choice in the study of human diseases. But now, researchers report evidence that the mouse model has been totally misleading for at least three major killers — sepsis, burns and trauma. As a result, years and billions of dollars have been wasted following false leads, they say.
The study’s findings do not mean that mice are useless models for all human diseases. But, its authors said, they do raise troubling questions about diseases like the ones in the study that involve the immune system, including cancer and heart disease.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/scien ... -says.html
Mary Ann