Scientists Build Microscope Onto The Head Of A Rat

mindpixel writes: "Unisci is reporting: 'The ability to see individual neurons in detail in the brains of conscious, behaving animals seems like the stuff of science fiction. But in the current issue of Neuron, Professor Winfried Denk and colleagues report that they have done just that. In a stunning technical achievement, they have built a tiny, powerful microscope onto the head of a rat.'" This might be technically stunning, but I wonder how much the rat likes it.

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Science gone awry

[sigep_ohio]

this is a disgusting use of science. I honestly feel it furthers science relatively little to do this. personally i think the good doctor who put the microscope in the rats head should have put a microscope on his own ego-laden head. I don't want sound too preachy, but what right does the researchers involved have to do this to even the lowly rat.

i am disgusted to be in the same genus as the people who worked on this project.

Sick, sad science.

[Monkeychunks]

I am very well studied in this sort of thing, and simply put, anyone who still thinks that humankind can benefit from animal experimentation should read this site thoroughly, stick a crowbar up their ass and open up their mind. I recommend it as a site which discusses only the scientific standpoint, leaving the ethic aside (although the ethic should be enough of a reason to abolish vivisection).

What will they learn from this? Better brain surgery techniques for rats. Not humans, rats.

Do they have a right? Only if you think that "lesser" creatures only have as much right to life as it's usefulness to you. And if you think that way, then start rounding up handicapped people for the vivisection labs.