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Mice with human brain cells

5:43:37 pm mst / 24 February 2001 found by paul / filed in science / source Reuters News 36 hits / 1 comment / 0 e-mails

California scientists have created laboratory mice which contain some human brain cells. Stanford professor Irving Weissman said "the next step could be to produce mice with brains made up almost entirely of human cells." He did say that he would consult an ethicist before proceeding: "You would want to ask the ethicist what percentage of the brain would be human cells before you start worrying, and if you start worrying, what would you start worrying about."

What would such mice be like? Would they be geniuses or insane?

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Would it be a Pinky or a Brain by MysteriousStranger 5:03:57 am mst / 25 February 2001 / # 1

Would it be okay to feed it to my anaconda?