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New 'Mighty Mouse' Formula Found

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the beefy-rodent-overlord dept.

mystyc writes to tell us that scientists at Johns Hopkins have improved upon their original "mighty mice" discovery. Teamed with the biotech firm MetaMorphix and pharmaceutical company Wyeth, they have found a new agent that interacts with the muscle-limiting protein myostatin that was able to trigger a 60% increase in muscle size after just two weekly injections.

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  1. Gotta love the scroll wheel. by PopeOptimusPrime · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please move this to the Apple section :P

    1. Re:Gotta love the scroll wheel. by solios · · Score: 1, Funny

      More importantly, does it run linux?

  2. Mighty Mouse Theme by DiGG3r · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here I Come to Save the Day!!

    1. Re:Mighty Mouse Theme by Class+Act+Dynamo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dear Mr. Mouse,

      I am writing in regards to your inquiry about compensation for your recent affliction of horrible cancers. I am afraid we must reject any request for compensation. If you will refer back to the release you signed before submitting to our experiments, you will find that you stated that you understood all the risks and possible side effects of the injection and would not hold Johns Hopkins responsible for any adverse effects. In summary, I am sorry about your sickness; and I hope you can see that while this injection will eventually bring about your untimely death, you were able to dispense some mouse justice prior to your illness.

      Sincerely yours,

      G. Figley Whitesides
      Attorney at Law

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  3. Investigation... by daddyrief · · Score: 4, Funny

    Congress better look into this. If baseball players can't do this, mice shouldn't be able to either.

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    1. Re:Investigation... by Quiky · · Score: 2, Funny

      They said MIGHTY, not MICKEY.

  4. MLB by whoop · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wonder how many baseball players read slashdot?

    1. Re:MLB by IdleTime · · Score: 4, Funny

      They can read???

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    2. Re:MLB by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wonder if the governor of California reads slashdot.

      And then there's all the spam - "Proven formula. mix this new M1GHT7 M0U53 formula with V14GR4 and really amaze her! 60% larger."

    3. Re:MLB by Hey+Pope+Felcher+.+. · · Score: 3, Funny

      . . . I am a baseball player and I take persenal ofense at this slur on us. just cause we can run and not fall other and dont wear glas's does not meen we dont have the intelligense to read and learn and become an actif member of the geek crowd.[br][br]Your just another hater. keep reading them books and see how many women you can get buzy with.

  5. Re:new market? by mr_stinky_britches · · Score: 2, Funny

    i was asking a serious question :\ why did this get modded funny?

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  6. Give some to the depressed hamsters? by pedantic+bore · · Score: 4, Funny
    Wait, let me patent that idea, first.

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    1. Re:Give some to the depressed hamsters? by Nethemas+the+Great · · Score: 2, Funny

      But how would that affect their ability to float? If they become depressed again won't they drown.

      --Neth

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  7. Keeping Score by Nerdposeur · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, for the obligatory recap, we're looking forward to: Mice that are really strong, don't age (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/ 18/2133229&tid=214&tid=14), can regrow damaged limbs (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/ 01/0035245&tid=99&tid=14), and have no fear (http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/ 18/0644240&tid=191&tid=14).

    I, for one, am investing in explosive mousetraps.

    1. Re:Keeping Score by ViX44 · · Score: 4, Funny

      They regenerate, and you want to blow them into pieces? Cut up some starfish while you're at it.

    2. Re:Keeping Score by Scrameustache · · Score: 3, Funny

      and the rodents are organising in attack squadrons.

      We're doomed!

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    3. Re:Keeping Score by penguinoid · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't forget about piloting millitary airplanes. Screw better mousetraps -- I need a anti-rat missiles.

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  8. Re:What happened to the heart? by Laebshade · · Score: 2, Funny

    but.. but... it worked for the Grinch!

  9. Re:I dunno ... by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 2, Funny

    We've been helping them along for years, through our use of baited traps that serve only to provide pressure for mice to evolve increased intelligence and manual dexterity in order to remove the cheese without springing the trap. I'd say it's only a matter of time before they discover fire and split the atom.

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  10. The End of Roadkill by dogwelder99 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pretty soon, running over rodents on the street will just make them mad enough to chase you down and fight back. Better invest in a Hummer.

  11. 3rd Leg by PokerAndroid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does it work on that all important muscle....the 3rd leg?

  12. Re:new market? by Ubaid · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news:

    Johns Hopkins Wrestling Team wins national championships.

  13. The end of brawn above brains? by Julian+Morrison · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine. You've spent most of your life working to perfect your body. You've suffered boredom, pain and injuries. For this, you get all the good girls, and the admiration of your peers. Then some pencil-neck geek injects himself with myostatin blocker, and in a month he's beating you at arm-wrestling. The dungeons and dragons club actually do look like steel-thewed barbarians, if barbarians had acne.

    Oh, the dilution of kudos! How the mighty are fallen...

  14. Magic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So does it work if you inject it into your lower regions!! Sounds like the new Viagra!!

  15. A better moose trap by Belseth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn, that explains why the mouse trap looks like a pretzel. Time to break out the bear traps and a wheel of cheese.