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Genetic engineering boosts mouse intelligence

Posted by Hemos on from the fun-with-dna dept.

hurin wrote to us with the story about scientists raising the level of learning and memory in the subject mice. Of course, they get into the potential for human genetic manipulation as well, something which is sure to spark a conflagaration of right vs wrong genetic engineering debates.

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  1. Don't try this with sharks... by Evro · · Score: 4

    Wasn't this the plot of some (bad) horror movie recently released -- they genetically increased the intelligence of some sharks and the sharks all became Einsteins and killed everyone?

    When will we learn.

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    rooooar