Currently genetically modified mice/rodents are being used to conduct research for Alzheimer's Disease. Researchers are making huge discoveries. The only problem, though, is that we do not any animals that have the same genes as humans. Even if it does work in mice, it might not work in humans. Researchers genetically modify mice to have Alzheimer's Disease. They monitor the different characteristic between normal mice and genetically altered mice. For example, the Alzheimer's mice dug less than an average mouse. The mice are used to test medication to see if it turns them back into normal acting mice. If it works on the mice, it would be worth it to try it on humans, but it is not guaranteed that it will work.
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