I need scientists 🧪 to *THINK*: Do you really believe *only* $8mil went to research w/ transgenic mice, one of the most common tools in modern biomedicine? Or maybe fascists are targeting trans people everywhere they can, including research using animal models of gender affirming hormone therapy? - ThreadSky

simonedsun.bsky.social • 4 days ago

I need scientists 🧪 to *THINK*: Do you really believe *only* $8mil went to research w/ transgenic mice, one of the most common tools in modern biomedicine?

Or maybe fascists are targeting trans people everywhere they can, including research using animal models of gender affirming hormone therapy?

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hemiscott.bsky.social•4 days ago

This was posted on another thread and I kinda realized this transgenic confused with transgender bandwagon was rolling in the wrong direction:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36484619/

The rightwing has been obsessed lately, eg: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Transgender-mice-WCW-12-2024-v2.docx.pdf

Trump was parroting?

kdele.bsky.social•3 days ago

thank you! I've been feeling the same way seeing jokes about this.. if only it were something stupid and laughable vs. extremely calculated and nefarious

endoeartha.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's so annoying and disheartening, it's lil jokes to them

simonedsun.bsky.social•3 days ago

spineless liberals who eagerly throw us at fascists while smugly laughing at them believing that will stop them

jaboese.bsky.social•4 days ago

so how long before we find out that one of the reasons for the DT to declare english as the official language is because of the horrors of trans-lation?

kazamadtts.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's because people like them that we step back years of possible progression.
I don't mean we should kill them as soon as they open their shit mouths, but kill them.

yuweiquan.bsky.social•4 days ago

I was wondering about this. $8mil is very low. I think you’re absolutely right about animal models for the hormone therapies.

simonedsun.bsky.social•4 days ago

See Appendix A:

yuweiquan.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yeah, I found a reference to this when I started to think about this last night. Nancy Mace! (Ptui!)

doctorzen.net•4 days ago

I cannot find an Appendix A on the linked Oversight page?

simonedsun.bsky.social•4 days ago

sorry it was meant as a joke, the links are the appendix

yuweiquan.bsky.social•3 days ago

I was wondering about that……. 🤣

doctorzen.net•4 days ago

Aha! Thank you!

(I am way too literal.)

dmahishi.bsky.social•3 days ago

The flagged grants from UMich literally report that they are looking into compromised immune function and heart health following gender-affirming care. It’s so tone-deaf to keep white-washing the obvious targeted approach.

simonedsun.bsky.social•4 days ago

Scientists 🧪 then need to *DEFEND* research with animal models of gender affirming hormone therapy. If not for the unjust targeting of trans people, or for the fact such research benefits cis people too, then maybe for the continuation of their own damn research.

dralexharris.bsky.social•3 days ago

I had to dig since they prefer headline grabbing mockery to facts https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Transgender-mice-WCW-12-2024-v2.docx.pdf

These studies could help with prostrate cancer, precocious puberty, endometriosis, or infertility but they were meant to help transgender people so the “free speech” crowd want them outlawed

simonedsun.bsky.social•4 days ago

For no particular reason:

https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-on-cybersecurity-information-technology-and-government-innovation-hearing/

https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-introduces-legislation-end-federal-animal-testing

transrage.bsky.social•4 days ago

To quote a former editor of mine, "sounds like a pitch".

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