[kasperset]

Just FYI, this study was done in mice.

[Aurornis]

As a rule of thumb, it’s best to assume that all studies like this are in mice or rats unless the headline specifically says “in human trials”.

Murine studies are a dime a dozen and therefore it’s the default assumption when reading research papers. When human trials commence the fact that it’s in humans is a big part of the research and therefore paper titles.

[tyre]

I would be in favor of adding a standardized [in mice] to the titles of all HN submissions about medical breakthroughs. Most of them end up being in mice and many do not reproduce in humans. It would help, at a glance, to know how significant a study's results are.

[JSR_FDED]

Or alternatively, some marker to indicate the presence of an “only in mice” comment

[sroussey]

Maybe we find out why things work in mice and not us.

[tomhow]

Thanks, we've inmiced the title.

[stephc_int13]

Of course it was done in mice, tests with animals are obviously mandatory before human trials.

[keyle]

They've given more lives to humanity than humanity itself (j/k)

[anitil]

Ah, I was wondering if it was one of those. And of course there's a relevant xkcd [0]

[0] https://xkcd.com/1217/

[OutOfHere]

No, it is not relevant in the least. Murine studies are a standard practice on the path to human trials.

Your link is not even about animal studies. It is about a petri dish.