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   Sunday, April 24, 2005  
Permalink Hibernation in mice done, Humans Could Be Next

Human experimentation always better than Animal experimentation
This is one reason why we should all be against capital punishment. Why put to death someone who can still contribute significantly to the human race? The use of criminally violent inmates to be used to test new medicines or high tech applications, such as this experimental hibernation, which could prove useful in medicine or space travel.

This is not a proposition to immediately use deathrow inmates for consideration, just the trouble makers who have shown violent tendencies. Not only will it curb behaviour behind bars, it could rapidly bring new cures to society by not depending on animal experimentation, a failed one hundred year old system that has given back little result because extrapolating data from a mice to a man is, well, for lack of a better word, garbage science.

Scientists Force Mice Into Hibernation, Humans Could Be Next

posted: by veggiedude: 4/24/2005 10:01:38 AM  

2 Comments on: "Hibernation in mice done, Humans Could Be Next"

Posted by: Joanna Terpstra on
1:11 PM  

Shades of Hitler?
Wartime scientific experiments on humans by the Germans and Japanese have made major contributions to modern medicine, especially surgical procedures.
But does the end justify the means?


Posted by: veggiedude on
3:30 PM  

Of course there are shades of Hitler, but we still do it, to 100 million animals each year. The problem is, the data is next to useless in finding cures for people. It results in many dozens of cancer cures for a rat, not a person. This is why stem cell research is being pushed so much, because the animal model is flawed.

I'm sure we could motivate some hard core criminals to volunteer instead of forcing anyone to participate.

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