Breeding Cancer-Proof Mice

Bob Vila's Hammer writes "In an article at New Scientist, research scientists at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina have been able to breed a cancer-proof mouse. The lucky new finds, some 700 cancer-proof mice, have the ability to destroy numerous different kinds of cancer cells in their bodies very efficiently without the use of T-cells (white blood cells). Instead the body's innate immune system attacks the tumor cells and ruptures them with neutrophils and macrophages. What is so astounding within early findings is that the power of these mice to resist cancer seems to be unlimited and as well, a genetic trait able to be passed down to further generations without the negative results of previous mouse breeds with autoimmune diseases."

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[Fjord]

Breed this

Cancer-Free Trackballs

[kriston]

I solved the cancer-causing mouse problem. Ever since I saw this poor guy walking around GE Aerospace with one of those steel bars connecting his elbow to his wrist, I promised myself that I was going to take steps to avoid typing injuries. Since then I've been using a variety of keyboards and trackballs--no more cancer-causing mice for me! With my Logitech Zero-Degree Tilt(TM) Cordless Keyboard Elite on the desk and the Marble Mouse Trackball[sic] in hand, I am safe from the scourge of cancer-causing mice forever!

Kris

sounds pretty good

[BortQ]

But how many buttons does it have? Are they programable?

Re:virii instead of mice?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's going to take a long time for people to stop pluralizing virus as virii. I remember some time around middle school that it was noted in my science textbook that virii was the plural of virus. So for a long time I thought that was the correct plural. Then I learned a bit of Latin and found out just how wrong it was. Who the hell came up with "virii" in the first place?