The only question this raises is if the intelligent mice community will build a colony on Mars before the Humans, or if they go straight for Pluto.
Science: Injecting Human Cells Into Mice Brains Makes Them Smarter
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Since the cells being transferred are already somewhat differentiated (they're "immature glial cells") they would be unlikely to revert to a form that could be involved in the reporductive pathways. Even if they were, they'd still be human cells, carrying human genetic code that would be completely incompatible with murine reproductive cells from the other prospective parent. No super-smart hybrid species creation going on here...!Brian Tams said:
On the other hand, if you can identify exactly what makes human glial cells / astrocytes different from mouse ones, and then introduce the necessary changes in mice to make them more similar, THEN you might be able to make the increased mental capacity heritable...
...and I for one welcome our new pink-eyed, twitchy-nosed overlords.
(ooh - just made a Hitchhikers Guide connection!)
Hilarious.lSHaDoW-FoXl said:
Personally I'd be happy to end animal testing for good; we should just round up anti-vaxxers, anti-vivisectionists, animal rights terrorists etc and conduct trials on them, then everyone's happy - their precious animals are no longer being "abused by the evil humanocentric scientific-industrial complex, maaaaaan", the general public are still kept safe from debilitating diseases, and scientists don't have to listen to their vacant bitching any more. Win, win, win.
Oh great, Mice are already everywhere. The last thing we need is giving them the ability to organize. This is Planet of the Apes all over again.
I'd like to see this tech used on dogs. I personally feel, given our intense genetic manipulation of dogs over the centuries, and their innate genetic flexibility, that they are going to be the next confirmed sentient species, mostly because we're going to end up pushing them to that point. This would help advance that process a great deal I think. Which I personally feel is awesome.
On the human front, it's definitely got potential to deal with mental issues of age and decay, assuming the illness is related to these cells that are being replaced.
On the human front, it's definitely got potential to deal with mental issues of age and decay, assuming the illness is related to these cells that are being replaced.
i so want to hide a recorder in that lab repeating "gee brain, what do you want to do tonight?" every once in a while, just to mess with the researchers
I, for one, welcome our new mice overlords.
Does it say anywhere whether Disney was funding this project?
Does it say anywhere whether Disney was funding this project?
Looks like I made someone angry. Except, anti-vivisectionists and animal rights terrorists have some legitimate justification for their anger, or are you completely blind to the actual suffering that goes on completely unwarranted? I provide a better solution, and one with a more dumber, selfish, and downright vile population that legitimately deserves it. The fact that you even bother to list some people down as a response kind of makes my point. There clearly do exist some people that we can use as opposed to animals. And facetious nature aside, what comes to my mind are criminals. Not robbers and muggers, but the I mean ones that are legitimately guilty of downright heinous crimes - Sociopaths that commit murder because it gives them a legitimate thrill. I win. Saying that it's cruel to test on these people just acknowledges my point on the inhumanity of animal testing, and saying that it isn't provides an alternative to it.Ark of the Covetor said:
"abused by the evil humanocentric scientific-industrial complex, maaaaaan"
You're not really being funny when you basically try and turn my remark against me (that's just lazy, dude) and then proceed to use a straw-man to represent me. Maaan? Do you honestly think I fit into that kind of group with the things I'm saying? Hippies would probably be more along the lines of "test on no one because it's mean" instead of legitimate anger and resentment that draw on this somewhat ironic form of retribution.
"scientists don't have to listen to their vacant bitching any more"
You don't see any legitimate basis for people to moan about animals being tested on for their entire lives? As opposed to people that have legitimate concerns and criticisms of an unethical practice you make a far greater example. Maybe after we fill you up with enough drugs you'll learn a thing or two about compassion.
I think it's already been done, I can't imagine why else gamers would keep pre-ordering DLC.Rex Dark said:
Unfortunately, they're the uninformed control group, not the experimental test subjects. You see, the whole thing was conducted with the control group, the uncontrolled group, and the experimental group. The control group never uses the internet to find out about product value, the uncontrolled group DOES surf the web for information, and the experimental group defends Ubisoft and EA from the rest of the internet.ObserverStatus said:
What they were trying to prove here, I'm not sure, but grant money is grant money.
I wonder if that's even possible though? Don't cephalopods use a "distributed intelligence network" instead of our own centralized one? I seem to remember hearing about each of their arms having a mind of its own as it were.IamLEAM1983 said:
Still though...
Now all I can think about is the theme from Pinky and The Brain...
