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Mice, neuroscience and the debate around 'curing' autism

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70% Informative

The Big Story podcast explores the value of lab mice in autism research.

Mice are genetically engineered to display similar behavioural characteristics as some humans with autism.

Celia Ford is the Future Perfect fellow at Vox.ca.

Ford : Where should we be focusing our research efforts? And is searching for a “cure” the right approach here?.

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56

Informative language

47

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37

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semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

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medium-lived

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