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Artificial Chromosome Inheritance

Posted by Hemos on from the passing-it-down-the-lhe-line dept.

Socramon writes "There's been a lot of discussion (and flaming) lately about genetic experimentation. For those who aren't sick of hearing about it already, there's an article on New Scientist about a Canadian company, Chromos, which has created an artificial chromosome that has (so far) been passed down through three generations of mice. The company's homepage, www.chromos.com is, unfortunately, "Under Construction"."

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  1. Oh, god... the mice again! by Skald · · Score: 4

    More ubermouse conspiracy stuff. Soon we'll be up to our knees in 10-year-old oversized glowing green mice that are smarter than we are. We're going to need a "mouse eugenics" category here.

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