Question...

[Jesmcd2]

Anyone besides me wonder how mice get MS? 🤔🤣😂

No, seriously... 🤔

I really need a hobby to! Any ideas? ☺️🤗💕🌠🦈

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador]

A researcher with a sad sense of humor, Jesmcd2

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to carolek572]

🤣😂🤣 I guess! I mean I would rather mice be tested 1st, but how do they get it? Then, do they give it an MRI to?🤔 Just to make sure?🙃

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to Jesmcd2]

I suppose they check their blood for bio markers that identify as having ‘ms’? Can you imagine the size of the mri machine for mice?

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to carolek572]

They would have a hard time keeping the critter still, and then the contrast! Ok, only 10 more minutes! 🤔🤣😂

[CrazyCatWom in reply to carolek572]

Yeah, like scientists expose the mouse and then say, "Hey! Let's put it under a heat lamp and watch it walk funny!

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to CrazyCatWom]

Hmm, reminds me of that song, 'Walk this way', CrazyCatWom Keep Smiling

[greaterexp]

Ha! I used to joke with my daughter and ask what if lab rats had a predisposition to cancer, MS, etc.

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to greaterexp]

😂🤣😂

[jimeka]

If they can give mice ms surely they know what causes it? What happened to diamond art?

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to jimeka]

My attention span is the size of a mouse! 😁😂 🤗💕🌠🍫🦈

[rjoneslaw]

animals can have the same disease that people have. they are not given a disease they're born with it.

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to rjoneslaw]

Aww now that's just heartbreaking! 😭😭 🤗💕🌠

[hairbrain4]

You got me started on researching mice! I found this article that tells how mice get MS. I couldn't make it a link so you will have to copy & paste in the search bar.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/fu....

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to hairbrain4]

Ok I found it 😊 now I need translation!😂 Thank you hairbrain4 ! 🤗💕🌠

[Cutefreckles72]

I was wondering the same thing. Good question.

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to Cutefreckles72]

I know right? 😂😂🤗💕🌠🦈

[leking1]

The journal link posted by hairbrain4 is very interesting, and does explain how the the mice and the rats and the monkeys, DO get MS,

or at least parts of it! Thanks!

[CrazyCatWom]

I hadn't, until you mentioned it. But that is interesting. Supposedly, MS isn't a virus or a bacteria, So how would you expos e a mouse to MS. Maybe by injecting it with the blood of a MSer?

[kdali]

EAE is not MS and there are different methods used to cause and evaluate it. The research study usually publishes what was used, how many mice were affected, the observations and conclusions. It’s very interesting when a drug fails because it kills a monkey or rabbit.

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to kdali]

Ok I said mice! Not thinking any other animals 😭😭😭 😓 that makes me sad😭🤗💕🦈

[kdali in reply to Jesmcd2]

It is sad and I am sorry that their hasn’t been a better way. Penicillin killed the rabbit and we did not use that drug for a long time because it was assumed to be deadly to humans.

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to kdali]

Ok, your killing me here!!😭😭 Says the one who comes from a family of hunters.🙁 Except me! 🤗💕🦈

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[agate]

Mice don't get MS. There is no animal model for MS. The closest thing is a disease called EAE (experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis--also sometimes called experimental allergic encephalomyelitis). When you hear about MS being studied in mice, the disease that is being studied is actually EAE.