You know, I hate to think of myself as being something of a technoluddite, but there's some areas that we need to be REALLY careful when we're tweaking the parameters a bit. And this is kind of why...
The mouse that shook the world - Independent Online Edition > Science & TechThink what would happen if this rodent were to get out of the lab. Longer-lived, prolific, and consumes more food. Oh, that's a GREAT improvement over a standard model mouse.It can run for hours at 20 metres per minute without getting tired.It lives longer, has more sex, and eats more without gaining weight. Could the science that created this supermouse be applied to humans?
I hate to say it, but I'm thinking this needs to be closed down, and fast. There's far more potential for ecological catastrophe here than might be caused by any of the so-called 'frankenfoods'... unless of course they're meaty and tasty, in which case chicken wings might have a competitor on the horizon...
J.
Comments (2)
Or give it a really good fur coat and call it a mink...
Posted by suek | November 3, 2007 11:39 AM
Posted on November 3, 2007 11:39
I dunno, it'd take a lot of mouse pelts to make a coat!
J.
Posted by JLawson | November 4, 2007 11:10 PM
Posted on November 4, 2007 23:10