A mouse, genetically modified to carry a human liver, is being used to study human liver infections. By “humanizing” the mouse, drug treatments can be modified and tested on the cheap mouse model, before any expensive clinical trials are conducted on humans, further preventing adverse side effects from reaching the mass markert.
A fruit fly’s internal “clock” signals when a fruit fly should eat. By eliminating these “clocks”, the fruit flies unceasingly eat. “Understanding how these clocks control eating could potentially lead to ways to combat obesity” (Hardin).
Scorpion venom could be used as an alternative to addicting painkillers, like Morphine.
We need to be funding the advancement of this.
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