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2007-11-02 Science & Technology

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Posted by Mike 2007-11-02 11:26|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 I sure hope their lab has some serious security. All we need is for some 'animal rights' bozo (or distracted grad student) to let 'em out and then we've got 100 trillion mice locusts in short order.

Posted by PBMcL 2007-11-02 12:06|| 2007-11-02 12:06|| Front Page Top

#2 I have this mental image, a note on the front door.
"If you want to see the cat again, leave 10 pounds of cheddar by the mailbox".

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-11-02 15:28|| 2007-11-02 15:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, doctor. We can rebuild them, we can make them better, we can turn them into super mice.
Or, we can pick them up by the tail and...BANG...crush their little skulls on the washing machine.
Bow down to me, Super Mice.

Posted by tu3031 2007-11-02 15:59|| 2007-11-02 15:59|| Front Page Top

#4 I have suspected for years that the key problem underlying Type II diabetes & obesity is a restriction on energy output at the cellular level. Not due to overeating. Not due to insufficient exercise. Not due to defective will-power. Just what causes this restriction is still being researched. These PEPCK-C mice have their energy output vastly bumped up, like turbocharging an engine, by the genetic modification.
The study did not mention what might happen to these mice if they went on a diet. Critters which burn up a lot of energy regardless of how little they eat will tend to waste away/starve to death sooner than critters that are able to conserve their body's energy/weight. A tendency to obesity may be a side-effect of a beneficial genetic adaptation to deal with too little food, a problem which has been much more frequent in human history than too much food.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-11-02 17:55|| 2007-11-02 17:55|| Front Page Top

#5 ROFL @ tu

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-11-02 18:25|| 2007-11-02 18:25|| Front Page Top

#6 MICE-ZILLAS? JURASSIC PARK series . GMed 'Dactyls and 'Teranodons, etc. flying OTH to distant, civilized lands and nesting??? Jinx the Kat got trouble now.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-02 20:26|| 2007-11-02 20:26|| Front Page Top

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