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Pain-free mice

Posted by michael on from the makes-being-an-experimental-subject-almost-fun dept.

mccalli writes: "Not input devices, but real live squeaky things. Apparently, Canadian scientists are trying to breed mice that do not feel pain. The eventual goal is a better pain killer for humans, but this is said to be a long way off. More in the Nature article here."

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  1. Re:Is this so wise? by Molina+the+Bofh · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I saw on Discovery Channel a girl who couldn't fell no pain at all. It was born like that, some sort of rare genetic disease. Well, as she grew up, she had severe burns, had broken almost all the bones at her body and died young of complications. This way we can learn how pain helps us.

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