Australian Science Makes the Regenerating Mouse

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Australian Science Makes the Regenerating Mouse

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 31, 2005 @09:18PM from the cats-beware dept.

FruFox writes "Australian scientists have created mice which can regenerate absolutely any tissue except for the tissues of the brain. Heart, lungs, entire limbs, you name it. This is the first time this has been seen in mammals. The potential implications are positively mammoth. I thought this warranted attention. :)"

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Re:This is cool and all.. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-08-31 23:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Because we know women don't read slashdot, right?
Absolutely, but? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-01 00:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This is absolutely the best post ever, except that it's not.
Re:Start building better mousetraps! by Elitist_Phoenix · 2005-09-01 00:28 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I for one also welcome our new Australiam overlords. Their obviously some sort of secretive country (possibly communist) that I can't find and information on.

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Silly /. editors by A+nonymous+Coward · 2005-09-01 00:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

They corrected the spelling in the post to "Australian" from "Australiam" but couldn't be bothered to fix the word itself, since it wasn't Australian (or even Australiam) scientists but U.S. ones.

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It has to be said.... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-01 01:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I for one welcome our mutant, regenerating mice overlords.

Oh, and in Soviet Russia.... ah - never mind.
Re:What's a Jewish boy to do? by FruFox · 2005-09-01 01:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Whoa. That's a darn good point. :) I'm un- myself, so, no big deal for me. But this brings up a lot of issues about what the body considers 'normal' and healthy.

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Re:Start building better mousetraps! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-01 01:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

There is a mouse that regenerates power on the mouse pad as you move it.
IT'S DUE TO RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS LIKE YOU THAT... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-01 01:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

.... MEDICAL RESEARCH IS STAGNANT.

WHEN I GET THE PROMOTION THAT I AM ABOUT TO GET, I WILL SACK 2 RESEARCHERS IN MY INSTITUTION WHO ARE JUST LIKE YOU. THAT WILL GIVE ME PEACE.

Don't talk about things you don't know about.
Just because its research it doesn't have to defy your "god"
Re:And the good side is... by Jerf · 2005-09-01 02:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Finally, I small hope for the Republicans... ;-)

But brains can't be grown, so Democrats are out of luck.

"If you're not a liberal at 21, you haven't got a heart. If you're not a conservative at 40, you haven't got a brain." - various

(All in good fun. ;) )
Re:Start building better mousetraps! by p4ul13 · 2005-09-01 03:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

fackt, wond, eazyaly, exectly, mamels, in tackt, apperently, resposable, + various gramatical homicides..
Reading is Fundamental
I hate to be the spelling nazi for the day, but that post hurt.

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Re:Start building better mousetraps! by WaterBreath · 2005-09-01 04:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic

gramatical

You missed an "M".

People in glass houses... should... watch they're own spelling... or something...
;)
Re:Start building better mousetraps! by WaterBreath · 2005-09-01 04:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

watch they're own spelling
Dangit!!!
I meant their! I really did!