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Thousands of Lab Mice Lost In Sandy Flooding

Posted by Soulskill on from the george-bush-doesn't-care-about-mouse-people dept.

An anonymous reader writes "While New York University's Langone Medical Center in lower Manhattan was the site of heroism as 260 patients were evacuated from flooded floors and a nearly complete loss of power, similar floods at NYU's nearby Smilow Research Building killed thousands of laboratory mice, including genetically altered specimens in-bred over many generations as research subjects for melanoma and other diseases. Other laboratory animals, cells, and living tissue used in medical research were also lost; because of the gestation period involved, some projects were likely set back a number of years. Past experience with storms such as Allison in Houston and Katrina in New Orleans has shown that keeping laboratory animals in basements is not good practice, but research institutions keep doing it anyway."

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  1. royal family?? by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 2, Funny

    including genetically altered specimens in-bred over many generations

    didn't know the royals were in NY during the storm.

    (I kid, I kid!)

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    1. Re:royal family?? by Froboz23 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Stupid enough to post about the Tax Report article in the Dead Lab Mice discussion?

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  2. What are we going to do tomorrow night, Brain? by TigerPlish · · Score: 4, Funny

    The thing we should've done years ago, Pinky: Move to Arizona. I hear it's dry there. *ptooie* Now shut up and keep rowing. We'll make it out of the parking lot yet.

    NARRF yes, right Brain!

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  3. On the other hand by oldhack · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, mutant diseased rats in NYC sewer... what's new?

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  4. Rats of NIMH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Really, no Rats of NIMH comments yet?

    So the rats used weather-altering technology to facilitate their escape to the fields, where they will help save helpless normal mice from evil farmers and their plows.

  5. Re:I pity them by Froboz23 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The article failed to mention that the cages of Algernon and Jonathon were found vacant.

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  6. Re:Not just dead mice/lost research.... by nEoN+nOoDlE · · Score: 4, Funny

    They could just bottle it up and sell it as homeopathic medicine.

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