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How fucked up do you have too be...
to create a fucked up mouse aka "mentally ill"
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| SCIENTISTS have created the world�s first schizophrenic mice in an attempt to gain a better understanding of the illness. It is believed to be the first time an animal has been genetically engineered to have a mental illness. Until now they have been bred only for research into physical conditions such as heart disease. It will allow researchers to study the disease and develop treatments using a limitless supply of laboratory animals. Animal rights campaigners have condemned the research, saying that it is morally repugnant to create an animal doomed to mental suffering. The mice were created by modifying their DNA to mimic a mutant gene first found in a Scottish family with a high incidence of schizophrenia, which affects about one in every 100 people. The mice�s brains were found to have features similar to those of humans with schizophrenia, such as depression and hyperactivity. �These mutant mice may provide an important new tool for further study of the combinations of factors that underlie mental illnesses like schizophrenia and mood disorders,� said Takatoshi Hikida, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, a leading researcher. The egg cells of mice were genetically modified by inserting a gene associated with schizophrenia into their DNA. The eggs were fertilised and grown into viable baby mice using surrogate mothers. Animal Aid, a campaign group, said rodents were not a reliable way of modelling human disease. |
I know animal testing is very important for us human in order to understand diseases, test drugs etc.. etc....
but, this is pretty sick 
Re: How fucked up do you have too be...
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| Originally posted by jesteraver Jebus, what is next?! Resurrect H I T L E R?! |
Haha, this reminds me of Futurama.
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| "Everyone's always in favour of saving Hitler's brain. But when you put it in the body of a great white shark, ooohh! Suddenly you've gone too far!" |
Re: Re: How fucked up do you have too be...
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| Originally posted by 404 Science resurrecting hitler is a far cry from this... what does this have to do with EDM? stop posting rubbish |
Re: Re: How fucked up do you have too be...
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| Originally posted by 404 Science resurrecting hitler (...) what does this have to do with EDM? |
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