The Invincible Mouse

No, I´m not kidding... the article is here: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16417002%255E30417,00.html and starts off "SCIENTISTS have created ´miracle mice´ that can regenerate amputated limbs or damaged vital organs, making them able to recover from injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals."

I´m not sure About you - but this scares the willies out of me. People keep playing with nature - and so often when they do, several years after the fact, we hear the invariable "whoops - didn´t see that little side-effect coming" as some killer disease wipes out several million animals/people/crops etc... The article goes on to mention that "And when cells from the test mouse are injected into ordinary mice, they too acquire the ability to regenerate" Oh, great - even better it can spread...

Sorry - not that I´m totally negative About all this - sure I can see the medical potential - it´s just to me, this sounds somewhat risky - not to mention when these mice escape the lab (notice I say ´when´ and not ´if´) things could get really interesting. Look to the future - it sounds almost like some kind of horror movie - like a cross between a zombie movie and sci-fi - "Night Of The Living Dead Mice" except it´s not in a theatre near you - it´s in your basement.

Ah well, I´m venting again - throwing my concerns into the cosmos...

I realize I´ve been somewhat non-nautical this week - but I did warn you - perhaps Oklahoma just has this affect on a man.

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