A group in China has shown that female mice make eggs after birth. You are probably familiar with the long held theory that women are born with all the eggs they are going to have and when that supply runs out menopause initiation is the result.  None of this is a secret though.  The secret is this.  Research scientists are a competitive bunch.  The salary is low compared to what could be made working for a drug/biotech company and the hours are much longer.  So all that remains is one’s reputation.  So when another group comes out with a big finding it is very easy to see those that are in agreement with the finding and those for whom the finding represents a problem in their research.  How do you discern this?  Easy.  The scientists who hale the finding as very important are those for whom the finding benefits their work or those who agree with the finding but are not in direct competition with the group who published the finding.  The scientists for whom the finding represents a problem are the ones that drag out that old scientific saw which goes along the lines of: It’s an important finding but there is a long way from showing something in the [mouse, rat, zebra fish, fly, dog] and showing it in the human.

Why this is a bogus claim is twofold: 1. The authors make no argument about what’s happening in humans.  Unfortunately, humans are loath to submit to being killed as sham experiments, so we have to settle for mice.  2. While it is true that experimental animals are not human, everything we know about human physiology was first worked out in experimental animals.