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Blind Mice See Again After Cell Transplants

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the see-how-they-run dept.

Korbinus writes, "Scientists have managed to restore vision in blind mice by transplanting light-sensitive cells in their eyes, cells on their way to become photoreceptors. This might be a important step towards new treatments of eye disease."

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  1. I wonder ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder if this procedure will work for Republicans? :-)

  2. one down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thr^H^H^HTwo blind mice.

  3. awesome! by chaos421 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and here i thought the future of vision was a gold-plated bananaclip visor.

  4. Dashed childhood by Centurix · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Holy crap, look at the size of that carving knife! Run!"

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    Task Mangler
  5. Not Only the Democrats Have One by zensufi · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one welcome our new seeing mouse overlords.

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    I have two eyes, I have two feet.
  6. In other news... by realmolo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surgeons have succeeded in transplanting a frog's brain into a cloned copy of The Handsome Prince's body.

    This comes after last weeks news that Little Miss Muffet didn't know what a "tuffet" was at the time of the incident with the spider, and that her subsequent testimony was completely fabricated by her lawyers.

  7. Three Spliced Mice by Etherwalk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Three blind mice, three blind mice,
    See how they run, see how they run,
    They all ran after the lab tech's wife,
    were given new sight with one gene splice,
    saw her and ran for the rest of their life.
    The three spliced mice.

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    (No offense to the lab tech's wives out there. =))