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Genetic Modification Produces Mighty Mouse

Posted by Zonk on from the always-liked-danger-mouse-and-duckula-better dept.

Identity Missing writes "An Ohio laboratory has produced genetically modified mice which 'can run five to six kilometres at a speed of 20 meters per minute on a treadmill, for up to six hours before stopping,' as well as a number of other remarkable feats. An enzyme called phosphoenolypyruvate carboxykinases (PEPCK-C) is apparently responsible, and we should hope that the scientists are correct in saying that athletes won't be modifying their genes any time soon to get it, because it apparently makes the mice more aggressive. If anyone feels a super villain coming on, at least we can rely on these Mighty Mice. A video demonstrates just how much these little guys beat the competition."

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  1. Re:I for one ... by hcpxvi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What! I got a F1r5t P05t and I forgot to say F1r5t P05t. Darn!

  2. Re:I for one ... by hcpxvi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh no, I didn't. More darn. New technology baffles pissed old hack[er] again.

  3. Re:If they experimented on humans this much... by superwiz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Interesting signature. Are you sure that preventing an officer from tazering someone (even yourself) by telling a lie is not an abstraction of justice? If you want to prevent an officer from having the power to tazer innocent people why not... oh I don't know... vote for Ron Paul? :)

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  4. Re:@#%!@ Quicktime... by Leto-II · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Has apple decided that people who don't use XP/Vista/OSX are no longer important enough to need Quicktime? I tried to install quicktime on my windoze 2000 box, and encountered several problems:
    • Newest quicktime only for XP/Vista
    • Quicktime 6.5.2 is available for 2k, but doesn't run well
    • When the mouse.mov file is opened in 6.5.2 Quicktime complains that it needs a plugin, and promptly crashes


    I'll get off my soapbox now and watch this get modded down to troll status. Wow... Maybe you should use an OS that's better supported, like Linux. The .mov file opened up great in Firefox and Totem on my Gentoo box.
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