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Muscle Mice

Posted by Soulskill on from the hulk-squeek dept.

SilasMortimer writes "Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder have accomplished that for which humankind has been desperate since the dawn of civilization: turning sad, injured regular mice into angry, beefed-up super-mice. Well, okay, there's no official word in the article about the rodents' emotional states, but certainly when stem cells were injected into mice with leg injuries, the muscle grew back... almost twice as big as it was before the injury [abstract, supplemental material (PDF)]. This has many exciting implications, from better healing after injuries to slowing down the aging process to a spike in the number of cases of Generalized Anxiety Disorder among cats. I, for one, refuse to perpetuate outdated memes. (But feel free to make up for the lack.)" If these mice are bred with those given previously discovered treatments to make them smarter and fearless, we might be in trouble.

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  1. Clinical trials by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stem-cell-enhanced fingers may lead to first posts.

  2. Mighty Mouse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Finally!

  3. an oldie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one welcome our new fearless super intelligent roid rage mice overlords

    1. Re:an oldie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      traitor

  4. Viagra Spam by oldhack · · Score: 3, Funny

    All medical research PR sounds like a viagra spam to me.

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    1. Re:Viagra Spam by ultranova · · Score: 4, Funny

      All medical research PR sounds like a viagra spam to me.

      When all you have is impotence...

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  5. The question must be asked by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "So, what do you want to do tonight Muscles?"
    "Same thing we do every night Pinky, PUMP SOME IRON!"

    1. Re:The question must be asked by MoeDumb · · Score: 3, Funny

      Supermouse to scientist: "Build a better mousetrap and I'll punch your lights out."

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