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Erin Biba

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Heartening news but extremely important to note, before getting too excited, this has only been tested in mice with a mouse-specific virus so we need to hold our horses, even though if this is proven effective in humans with human viruses that will be fucking awesome.

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jadehawk's avatar jadehawk @jadehawk.bsky.social
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can we sacrifice a billionnaire or two (and hand over their wealth to researchers) to speed this process up a bit...

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alisonborealis (she/her)'s avatar alisonborealis (she/her) @alisonborealis.bsky.social
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Yeah, the whole "any strain of virus" thing is mega early-stage promotional text (aka "we haven't actually tested out this theory yet" ) But agreed, encouraging af. Still probably a decade off from roll-out.

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Eb's avatar Eb @ebthen.bsky.social
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I'm curious about what "effective" means in this context.

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Jesse Baer's avatar Jesse Baer @jbaer.bsky.social
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(reads too quickly and grabs a mouse to hold until we get the horse vaccine)

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Erin Biba's avatar Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social
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I know I'm a party pooper. 😩 This is still cool though!

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Dag.'s avatar Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social
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If they cured the common cold and flu along with SARS etc, they deserve all the Nobel Prizes.

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Robb's avatar Robb @buckyunderbelly.bsky.social
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All my mouse friends are friggin' stoked, though.

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Ken Yee's avatar Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social
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Do you remember that Twitter account that would retweet these reports and emphasize IN MICE? I miss that account.

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B. Kirisaki's avatar B. Kirisaki @kirisaki.bsky.social
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Alma mater be like... We have a medical school now

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23 Scadu-tree's avatar 23 Scadu-tree @strictlyworse.bsky.social
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Luckily we're not toooo different

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Pyrholidon Enthusiast ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 's avatar Pyrholidon Enthusiast ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) @pyrholidon.bsky.social
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So many bad studies have been slipping through publishing that it's really not worth getting excited at all unless someone's done a replication study.

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I always appreciate how you properly contextualize results like this while still being excited about cool shit.

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Kaz wants Voting/Women’s Rights 🪰♥️🔬 🇯🇵 🇺🇦's avatar Kaz wants Voting/Women’s Rights 🪰♥️🔬 🇯🇵 🇺🇦 @kazukami.bsky.social
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Can’t wait.

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