"In mice" is a joke about how misleading it is to omit "in mice" from a study result based on mice. It doesn't make sense to apply it to a headline that does say "in mice", because then it seems to insinuate that mouse research is useless, when in fact countless foundational discoveries have started in mice.
No, it doesn't.
The "in mice" hot take is used to dismiss any new finding without actually contributing anything to the conversation.
It is indeed a great time to be a mouse......
Right up until your euthanized so they can study your cells and organs under a microscope. =(
No way, half of my diet gives mice cancer! It would stink to be a mouse!
Just hope you are in group getting the treatment that actually cures that cancer...
On the Internet nobody knows you are a mouse
There's mice on the internet
The initial research was done in yeast which was then able to be applied to mice so there is more than a small amount of hope that it will apply to other mammals.
I just take it as granted that it's going to be in mice until it's explicitly stated 'in humans'
implication being they don't transfer over to humans ?