Until we can build human organlets to make experiments on them, mice are the cheapest lab animal. How do you want to avoid using them?
Though I would say that creating a pseudo-human brain in a vat and giving it Alzheimers would be pretty controversial.
"we waste literally billions per year researching treatments"
Sir, do you realize that in science, you principially DON'T KNOW IN ADVANCE WHAT WILL WORK AND WHAT WON'T?
Yes, we could experiment on primates instead, but in that case, be prepared to shell maybe thirty times as much money for the same research. Mice are cheap. Monkeys are not.
Though I would say that creating a pseudo-human brain in a vat and giving it Alzheimers would be pretty controversial.
"we waste literally billions per year researching treatments"
Sir, do you realize that in science, you principially DON'T KNOW IN ADVANCE WHAT WILL WORK AND WHAT WON'T?
Yes, we could experiment on primates instead, but in that case, be prepared to shell maybe thirty times as much money for the same research. Mice are cheap. Monkeys are not.