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Cancer Resistant Mouse Provides Possible Cure

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. Cancer resistant... by Chabil+Ha' · · Score: 5, Funny

    but mortally susceptible to the common cold.

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    1. Re:Cancer resistant... by Anonymous Coward · · 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. I for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    will skip the line you expected here and get right to the point: INVINCIBLE MICE ARMY?!?

  3. Nice, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will this cure cancer in rats? Because, EVERYTHING causes cancer in rats!

  4. Delicious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll take a carton of cigarettes and a shot of mouse blood.

  5. Take heed, Slashdotters! by Guppy06 · · 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.

  6. Re:Beware. by Retric · · Score: 5, Funny

    "can I get a transplant donor soul?"

    Yes.

    --Prince of Lies.

  7. Re:I for one... by soxos · · 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

  8. Re:Reference by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you try to pronounce this PNAS as a word or always have to spell it out? In conversation, I mean.

  9. Problem by soft_guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your loop is leaking scared elephants.

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