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Ever-Happy Mouse Sheds Light on Depression

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the happy-go-lucky dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists have bred a strain of mouse that's permanently cheerful, in hopes of better understanding and treating depression in people. By breeding mice lacking the TREK-1 gene, which is involved in serotonin transmission, researchers were able create a depression-resistant strain. They say it's the first time depression has been eliminated through genetic alteration of an organism."

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  1. Re:Makes you not care? by kfg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

    We advance one step closer to the breeding farms of the perfect prole, moving ever onward and upward toward the human termite mound.

    Sing Hallelujah!

    If you can see where I'm going with this. . .

    What did I win? What did I win? Ummmmmmmmmm, nevermind, I probably don't want it anyway. No, I mean it, take it away, please . . .Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh!

    KFG