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Why isn't "in mice" an automatic flag for posting? This is not a breakthrough in Alzheimer's nor is it headline news in Alzheimer's research.


I emphatically support flagging all "medical" articles in which mice are the only species used as a disease model.


I asked this question in Ask HN about six months ago but received little support and much criticism.


Why should it be? Because of lacking relevance? The community can find even research in mice interesting - look just how much debate has this topic produced here. We're not an Alzheimers research forum, we are a bunch (tribe? murder?) of nerds who like to gab about new things.

You'd have a better point if the "in mice" was hidden somewhere in the text - for subtle dishonesty, but as long as the title admits it openly, I don't see a reason to flag the submission in itself.




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