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Norbert_R 🧣🐘🦣

#Professor_Dave Explains

The Tale of #Trump and the #Woke #Trans_Mice

It's time to start talking about Trump and his #war on #science. The budget cuts to the #NIH have absolutely devastated the scientific community. When addressing Congress last week, with the help of #DOGE crony Elon #Musk, he made a claim that Biden spent 8 million dollars on making trans #mice. This claim is so unbelievably #idiotic that it's a challenge to even process.

yewtu.be/watch?v=TxOj5_rNzz0

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Dr. Anna Latour

I'm in a friend group where people regularly share articles and TikToks etc claiming all kinds of findings.

I am that person who then tries to find the sources of the original information, then reads academic papers to gauge if the "headlines" that are shared can actually backed up by proper science.

In this process, I often find myself uttering the words "I hate to be this person again, but... *in mice*. They did *one* small study with *mice* and found an effect *in mice*."

I love this.

theguardian.com/science/2025/m

Screenshot from Guardian headline in the "Science" topic. Headline reads "Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice", and shows a picture of two very cute, very fluffy mice.
#Science#InMice#Mice
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Mice with two #dads have been created using #CRISPR
Chinese scientists have created mice with #genetic material from two males that survived to adulthood, marking a potential breakthrough in reproductive biology. Researchers at CAS used CRISPR gene editing to target 20 #genes involved in embryonic development, producing seven live pups from 164 embryos. The surviving mice grew larger than normal, had enlarged organs, were infertile and had shorter lifespans.
technologyreview.com/2025/01/2

MIT Technology Review · Mice with two dads have been created using CRISPRBy Jessica Hamzelou
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Cefiar

There are reports that vets and rangers can currently access the HomeSafeID register, but of course it is unknown how long this will continue. It's also unknown if the data will be picked up by another party or how that would work from a privacy, legislative, even just the actual process of transferring the data.

If your pet isn't Microchipped, definitely consider it. Given the situation with HomeSafeID, probably best to avoid them until more info is known.

Feel free to boost this thread.

#Cats #Dogs #Horses #Birds #Reptiles #Snakes #Lizards #Frogs #Turtles #Rodents #Ferrets #Rats #Mice #Microchip #Australia #Pets
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