But I haven't been able to find anything concrete about what this facility was. From my experience, they're not creatures with "no microorganisms at all" but just "extremely controlled microorganisms" and germ free mice often lack, for example, things like gut fauna. It's not a pleasant life for the mice.
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relianceschool@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 349d
What exactly did they mean by "germ-free"? Over half the cells in our bodies are non-human microbes.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 349d
I'm guessing they meant this:
But I haven't been able to find anything concrete about what this facility was. From my experience, they're not creatures with "no microorganisms at all" but just "extremely controlled microorganisms" and germ free mice often lack, for example, things like gut fauna. It's not a pleasant life for the mice.
tdawg@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 349d
Did we know that in 1950?
naught101@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 349d
He's in some kind of air tight suit by the looks of it
Larry13@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 349d
NYT article talking about this from 1950.
https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/22/archives/germfree-animal-colony-begun-in-notre-dame-tank-diver-must-go.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE8.rSSP.R7zWvTw3tUmS
Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 349d
Thanks so much! I posted it kind of hoping someone would know more. It's such an interesting picture.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 349d
"Finally I get to inject monkeys with diseases!"