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Reply to comment by JoeDoherty_Music in A modest change in housing temperature alters whole body energy expenditure and adipocyte thermogenic capacity in mice (Nov 2022) by basmwklz
We use mice as an animal model for medical research before we test the same thing on humans. The current recommendations is to house them at 24C. This experient was questioning how housing them at a warmer temperature might impact the results of the experiments we do before human trials. Questions about how a new drug is metabolized in mice before we test it on humans can have big implications if we aren't testing the mice under the correct environmental conditions.
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