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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

  2. 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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  3. Re:MLB by IdleTime · · Score: 4, Funny

    They can read???

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

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  5. 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.

  6. 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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