Modified Mice Stay Super-Fit -- Without Exercise

National Geographic News ^ | August 25, 2004 | Bijal Trivedi

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If there were a rodent Olympics, the "marathon mice" in Ronald Evans's lab would be disqualified for gene doping. Evans and a team of researchers have genetically engineered mice that can run twice as far as their unaltered brethren. The mice also stay in peak condition, even without exercise or a good diet.

"These mice are in inherently good shape," said Evans, a hormone expert at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. "They look like Lance Armstrong without ever getting on a bike."

[VxH]

Soldier (1998)

Galactic wars of the near-future are fought by soldiers trained to be merciless, obedient warriors. But times change. New bio-engineered combatants make veterans like Sgt. Todd (Kurt Russel) obsolete. But don't expect to toss Todd on the scrap heap without a fight.

[escapefromboston]

this is great news for Mice, bad news for my cat though

PS. Do mice normally exercise to stay fit??

[billorites]

"Here I come to save the day!"

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Somewhere, Douglas Adams is laughing.

[flashbunny]

"PS. Do mice normally exercise to stay fit??"

I see them with exercise wheels all the time, but usually they sit in the corner, unused, only to end up a mouse rumamge sales years later.

[escapefromboston]

the answer is 42

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

"How many roads must a man walk?" ;^)

[martin_fierro]

[VxH]

>>this is great news for Mice

 

Whether or not is is great news for ALL mice depends upon the moral framework that regulates the behavior of mice .

 

Modern Fascism: Liquidating the Judeo-Christian Worldview (Concordia Scholarship Today)

 

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable [inalienable] Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

 

That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...."

[VxH]

is is  it is

[Caipirabob]

Genoism: How far away can it be?

From the Alan Moore series "Miracleman":

Where does a black superhuman sit on a bus in Johannesburg? - Anywhere he wants to.

Another favorite line:

Old Nazi "Overman, you have come!"

MiracleMan "Yes, you can go now....*SPLAT*"

[VxH]

President Bush seems to understand this, as evidenced by his position against human cloning.

 

Also, in a situation where Hitler would have used Blitzkrieg tactics, Bush has exhibited moral restraint.

 

Those are a couple of the reasons why I am voting for him.

[RightWhale]

Found a dead shrew [like a very small mouse] in my driveway this morning. Probably it was exercising and had a massive heart attack. Well, it is a tiny mammal, so it wouldn't have a massive anything. A relatively major cardiac incident.

[VxH]

>>Probably it was exercising and had a massive heart attack.

 

Ah see, that's where we've got something to learn from Lance Armstrong.

 

Lance is successful, in part, because the majority of his training is at a low heart rate.

 

So much for the "No Pain No gain" mantra...

 

You don't have to kill yourself to become fit.

[VxH]

>>PS. Do mice normally exercise to stay fit??

Only when they live in cages.

[TexasRepublic]

Direct manipulation of genetics instead of traditional selective breeding seems risky. How far can you tweak a previously successful organism before something unforeseen happens? Of course tweaking a mouse seems harmless, but wait until overconfidence leads them to tweaking men.

[VxH]

>> but wait until overconfidence leads them to tweaking men.

Only a short step for those who declare that "God is Dead".

[VxH]

 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Transhumanism+genomics

 

Another good reason to vote for GW.

 

 

 

 

Have you ever taken one of those voy-comp tests yourself, Mr. Deckard?