Mice Get Human Breasts

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Posted by michael on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @09:45AM from the mice-get-all-the-luck dept.

cavehobbit writes "Nature.com reports: Lab mice have grown tissue more usually confined to a bra - lumps of human breast. The growths should help researchers work out how cancer develops. My only question is: Will Logitech or Microsoft be first to market...."

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And once again... by Ieshan · 2004-03-23 09:46 · Score: 3, Funny

And once again, boobies fuel research.

VCRs, DVDs, high-speed internet... and now boob-laden mice. What'll they think of next?
1. Re:And once again... by leviramsey · 2004-03-23 10:14 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  From Coupling's season one episode, "Inferno":
  
  I'm a bloke, we're supposed to like naked women, we're born like that! We like naked women as soon as we're pulled out of one; halfway down the birth canal we're already enjoying the view! Look, it is the four pillars of the male heterosexual psyche. We like: Naked Women, Stockings, Lesbians, and Sean Connery best as James Bond, because that's what being a boy is....Look, I want to spend the rest of my life with the woman at the end of that table there, but that does not stop me wanting to see several thousand more naked bottoms before I die, because that's what being a bloke is. When man invented fire, he didn't say "Hey, let's cook!" He said "Great! Now we can see naked bottoms in the dark!" As soon as Caxton had invented the printing press, we using it to make pictures of, hey! Naked bottoms! We have turned the internet into an enormous international database of naked bottoms. So you see, the story of male achievement through the ages, feeble though it may have been, has been a story of our struggle to get a better look at your bottoms.
Poor Minnie! by El · 2004-03-23 09:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Obviously this is Eisner's last, desperate attempt to make Disney more popular...

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1. Re:Poor Minnie! by Randolpho · 2004-03-23 09:51 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Alas that I had already posted in this thread! I had a mod point to give you.
  
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Microsoft? Logitech? by daeley · 2004-03-23 09:51 · Score: 4, Funny

Apple would make one with only one nipple and the rest of you would be up in arms about it! ;)

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1. Re:Microsoft? Logitech? by acousticiris · 2004-03-23 10:28 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  And Microsoft would make one with 5 nipples, and two of them would be useless unless the individual was wearing a particular bra.
  
  Wait a second...are we still talking about the same thing?
  
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Make them run on a wheel!!! by Picass0 · 2004-03-23 09:52 · Score: 1, Funny

If you put a wheel in their cage I'll never have to leave the house again!

I could just watch them jiggle...
White Mice by OC_Wanderer · 2004-03-23 10:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Why do they keep testing with white mice????
It's a proven fact that white mice cause cancer!

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1. Re:White Mice by john82 · 2004-03-23 11:13 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  The corollary I was raised on:
  
  The leading cause of cancer in rats is research.
  
  You've left the lens cap on your brain again, haven't you Pinky?
I can't believe this doesn't already exist by Strange+Ranger · 2004-03-23 10:05 · Score: 4, Funny

With a soft breast-shaped mouse, we could teach half the population to be skilled computer users!
Straight males, lesbians, etc.

Just think of all those "Joe Users" just looking for a reason to click on one more thing, to mouse around just a bit more. They'd learn every single menu item in every app on their PC!

"Son, why don't you go play on the internet some more."
"OK Ma, But I've already finished it once."

Heck, I want one myself!

The new office catch-phrase: "Sorry, been mousing around, can't stand up for awhile.

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And here I thought... by PapaBoojum · 2004-03-23 10:33 · Score: 5, Funny

...a titmouse was a bird.
1. Re:And here I thought... by dnahelix · 2004-03-23 12:31 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  No, THIS is a titmouse!
  
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Not to be outdone... by Chris+Tucker · 2004-03-23 11:44 · Score: 2, Funny

...the American Forestry Association announces their research project to grow humn breast tissue on a tree to produce a genuine titwillow.

I sincerely apologise for the above. Really.

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Re:I can't begin to count... by TwistedGreen · 2004-03-23 11:46 · Score: 3, Funny

Ah, yes, this is a very insightful post. Especially considering that you didn't say a thing.
Re:Microsoft? Logitech? nah, IBM! by Liquor · 2004-03-23 12:18 · Score: 2, Funny

Also, I used to have a keyboard with one nipple
You meant the Cursor Location Interface Tool?

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What're we gonna do tonight Brain? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-23 12:27 · Score: 3, Funny

The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Stay in the cage and fondle ourselves.
Re:Tonight, we take over the word ... by Deanasc · 2004-03-23 12:44 · Score: 2, Funny

When was the last time you saw a breast think?
Way off topic but I let my wee-wee do all my thinking.

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Re:Human Body "Emulation" by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-23 13:37 · Score: 1, Funny

You sir, are obviously a well-adjusted geek and I applaud you. When confronted with a story about breasts, you think of the WINE project. I salute you.
Re:I'm guessing... by Tackhead · 2004-03-23 16:38 · Score: 2, Funny

> You'll probably have to replace breast implants made of this kind of tissue, too. Your body should absorb it over time, I would think. It would be nice if you could make them permanent though, I'd start a nonprofit to buy women bigger tits.
Brain: And once this Slashdotter has started the nonprofit fundraiser, and our kind has a monopoly on breast production, we shall rule the world! (And it shall be a wonderful world, full of tits.)
Pinky: Well, Brain, if the world needs more tits, I'm glad to do my part! Tits tits tits tits tits tits ! Tiiiiiiiiits tits tits tits tits tits tits tits tits tits tits ...
Brain: You do realize we can grow them ourselves now, don't you? I like tits as much as the next mouse, but if you don't stop that, I shall have to hurt you.
Pinky:...tits tits tits tits tits tits ti-*WHAM*-NARF! Sorry, Brain. Tits on the brain and all.
Brain: Yes, I know. Occupational hazard.