Cancer Resistant Mouse Provides Possible Cure

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Cancer Resistant Mouse Provides Possible Cure

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday May 9, 2006 @07:18AM from the one-of-many-recent-possibilities dept.

Evoluder writes to tell us that scientists at Wake Forest University have found a "cancer resistant mouse" and bred it to make a small army of cancer resistant mice. When transplanting blood from one of these mice to a normal non-resistant mouse they are able to provide "lifetime cancer protection". From the article: "The cancer-resistant mice all stem from a single mouse discovered in 1999. "The cancer resistance trait so far has been passed to more than 2,000 descendants in 14 generations," said Cui, associate professor of pathology. It also has been bred into three additional mouse strains. About 40 percent of each generation inherits the protection from cancer."

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Cancer resistant... by Chabil+Ha' · 2006-05-09 07:20 · Score: 5, Funny

but mortally susceptible to the common cold.

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1. Re:Cancer resistant... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-05-09 07:37 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They need to stop this before the mice become resistant to poison and mouse traps.. maybe they'll even become resistant to being hit with a hammer and then what. Huh?
  
  It hits the fan, thats what!
2. Re:Cancer resistant... by indifferent+children · 2006-05-09 07:58 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Some damned fool went and invented a better mousetrap, so our scientists had to invent a better mouse.
  
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I for one... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-05-09 07:21 · Score: 5, Funny

will skip the line you expected here and get right to the point: INVINCIBLE MICE ARMY?!?
Nice, but... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-05-09 07:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Will this cure cancer in rats? Because, EVERYTHING causes cancer in rats!
Delicious by Anonymous Coward · 2006-05-09 07:23 · Score: 5, Funny

I'll take a carton of cigarettes and a shot of mouse blood.
Re:Blood type issues? by Ingolfke · 2006-05-09 07:24 · Score: 4, Funny

I don't have a specific answer to your question, but I do know that it all tastes good to me.
Re:Wireless? by Shadow+Wrought · 2006-05-09 07:30 · Score: 4, Funny

It's even worse. Apparantly the cancer resistant gene was found on the 3rd button. Mac users are hosed.

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Re:Cause of the cancer resistance by Anonymous Coward · 2006-05-09 07:32 · Score: 4, Funny

Thats a brilliant idea.

Why dont you email them and suggest it?

Reading between the lines of your analysis, I think youre saying there could be a real future application for it.

Like I dunno...curing cancer maybe?
Take heed, Slashdotters! by Guppy06 · 2006-05-09 07:34 · Score: 5, Funny

"The cancer resistance trait so far has been passed to more than 2,000 descendants in 14 generations"

If you cure cancer, you get laid.
Re:Beware. by Retric · 2006-05-09 07:36 · Score: 5, Funny

"can I get a transplant donor soul?"

Yes.

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Lifetime cancer protection by markov_chain · 2006-05-09 07:39 · Score: 4, Funny

they are able to provide "lifetime cancer protection"

I see, so the protection lasts right until they die... from cancer. I think Aleve can do this just as well :)

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Re:I for one... by From+A+Far+Away+Land · 2006-05-09 07:43 · Score: 4, Funny

The old warfrin poison trick still works, don't worry. Plus we could just breed an army of cancer resistant snakes to take care of the mice.
Oh...

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Cliche among oncologists by Beryllium+Sphere(tm) · 2006-05-09 07:44 · Score: 4, Funny

They say that if you turn up with cancer you'd be well advised to be a mouse, since the treatments work so much better.
Re:I for one... by soxos · 2006-05-09 07:51 · Score: 5, Funny

> The old warfrin poison trick still works, don't worry. Plus we could just breed
> an army of cancer resistant snakes to take care of the mice.
> Oh...

must... resist... can't...

cancer-resistant mongooses for the snakes
cancer-resistant gorillas to rid us of the mongooses
cancer-resistant tigers to attack the gorillas
cancer-resistant elephants to take care of the tigers
and cancer-resistant mice to scare the elephants

lather, rinse, repeat
Re:Beware. by Anonymous+Meoward · 2006-05-09 07:53 · Score: 4, Funny

This cancer gene could be the one that also gives humans a soul.
Hmm, lessee.. no cancer in my lifetime in exchange for something I've never had any use for. Man, hard choice.

Ch-ching!
Next week, maybe I'll get to trade group sex for herpes.

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Re:Reference by Anonymous Coward · 2006-05-09 08:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Do you try to pronounce this PNAS as a word or always have to spell it out? In conversation, I mean.
Problem by soft_guy · 2006-05-09 08:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Your loop is leaking scared elephants.

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1. Re:Problem by Walt+Dismal · 2006-05-09 09:20 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It's the dreaded Elephant Buffer Overflow, the curse of IE users.
A cancer-resistant mouse! by NereusRen · 2006-05-09 08:33 · Score: 4, Funny

Fantastic! I am very excited about this development. Will there be an ergonomic model released to prevent me from getting RSI, too? Perhaps a cancer-resistant trackball is in order.

... oh. Nevermind.