Why Scientists Are Using Mice to Make Human Cells

Stem cells are widely believed to hold great promise in medical research because of their ability to transform into all sorts of other cell types, and scientists can grow it in living mice.

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[SciShow]

Small clarification: Stem cells aren’t actually cultured in a monolayer -- it’s more complicated than that -- but it’s a good example of how in vitro cell culture is a very different environment from a living thing, in general.

[AryadiSubagio]

First step: mouse-human hybrid

Next step: catgirls

[massimookissed]

_"Good news everyone!_
_We can grow new human organs._
_The bad news is they're tiny, like mice are really small!"_

[electronicsNmore]

As long as there's no side effects such as an uncontrollable urge to gnaw on things, sounds like a great idea. :-)

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Without science, everything is a miracle.”
-- Lawrence Krauss

[evilsharkey]

The “mice” at 5:15 are actually gerbils.

[scurvofpcp]

I'm not sure 2020 is the year for this.

[KnightsWithoutATable]

This has came out during the Year of the Rat while a pandemic is raging.

[JonnyBgamer]

anyone else get reminded of the animated movie "the secret of nym" listening to this video?

[omardefnany]

Making Mice Like Humen
Me: why does that seems so familiar ... Oh Yeah, "Cough" Pinky and brain !!!!

[combatking]

Molecular biologists are typically only a few nanometers across, although macromolecular biologists can be large enough to be seen by the naked eye.

[TheGaryxis]

Thank you for the video from one group of cells to another.

[flygawnebardoflight]

"ARE YOU A MAN OR A MOUSE?!"

[tyronedontaviousthethird]

South park just cracks open a few babies for stem cells.

[lordofjorge]

Half human half mouse waifu thats why we want it

[akumaking]

*Insert joke about mad science/furries here*

[PaulThronson]

"But the reality is that everyone has the capacity to develop new cells that can help enhance cognitive functions."

In this process, called neurogenesis, new neurons (brain cells) develop in the hippocampus, the brain region responsible for learning information, storing long-term memories, and regulating emotions.

[m.j.golden]

"We have enslaved the rest of animal creation and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form." William Ralph Inge

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

[Master_Therion]

They could ask John Steinbeck for help. He literally wrote the book of mice and men.