Charlie Stross on Nostr: npub17aqgy…g3dh0 Speaking as an ex-pharmacist: again, dogs and cats are seldom used ...

npub17aqgyjm4p8z9r42mpwkt45qln7sh4hr65z2gzwahgjtchr7vmsms8g3dh0 (npub17aq…3dh0) Speaking as an ex-pharmacist: again, dogs and cats are seldom used (again: very expensive, tighter restrictions on humane use). And while in vitro testing on tissue cultures can be useful, there's not yet any substitute for a whole-organism study (although we're getting closer: it might only be a couple of decades until we can build a pharmacological simulated human out of pluripotent stem cells).