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by gus_massa 186 days ago
Mice are good because they are super cheap.

It's useful as a very early test. They used a shotgun approach, they tested 9 bacterias and 1 of them was suspenseful. At least it was suspenseful for 2 weeks, until the study ended. It's very difficult to extrapolate that to the 5 year survival rate in humans.

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Correct, this is how drug development works.