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[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Research indicates male and female immune systems respond differently to viral attacks.

“Man Flu” might actually be physiological and not psychological.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

>"in mice"
>humans not mentioned once in the entire paper

Yeah no.

EDIT: Okay, maybe. I'm not a biologist. Mice and human may be more alike than different for all that I know.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

There is a good reason we use lab rats and mice to test drugs for humans

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Human and mice immune systems are very similar where they are not identical.