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by throaway1989 467 days ago
but they are not searching for a way to make mice transgender. The point of the research is to model those effects as they might occur in humans, not to figure out how to make transgender mice.
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Which effects? Why should a taxpayer care?
Please read for yourself, you're showing ignorance and laziness, which leads us all to believe you're not arguing in good faith. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

The effects mentioned in the abstract are:

- How feminizing hormone therapy (estrogen and anti-testosterone medications) affects immune responses to HIV vaccines

- Changes in gene expression patterns in immune cells following hormone therapy

- Potential differences in vaccine efficacy and adverse outcomes related to hormone therapy

Why is this important? This research could lead to the ability to create more personalized vaccination approaches that consider hormonal factors between men and women.