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Stupid. I guess you don't read the news much.

The "trans mice thing" refers to a political and scientific controversy sparked by conservative lawmakers and the Trump administration, who claimed that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent millions of taxpayer dollars "making mice transgender". [1, 2]
In reality, the government was not attempting to transition animals. Rather, the NIH funded standard preclinical research to see how gender-affirming hormone therapies impact human health. [1, 2]
What the Science Actually Is
The studies in question used mice and rats to model how humans respond to cross-sex hormones. Key research areas included: [1, 2]
  • HIV Vaccines: Testing how hormone therapies impact the immune system's response to HIV vaccines, as transgender women are disproportionately affected by the virus. [1, 2]
  • Cancer and Other Risks: Studying how testosterone or estrogen therapies affect breast cancer risk, cardiovascular health, asthma, and the gut microbiome. [1, 2, 3]
  • Fertility: Looking at the reproductive effects of hormone therapies. [1, 2]
 
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Well smart people don't like him as he said. But nobody ever earned disrespect more than him. To get respect you have to give it.
 
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