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11-02-2012, 07:44 AM
http://www.livescience.com/24443-nyu-lab-mice-drowned-hurricane-sandy.html
One of the university's three animal research facilities, the Smilow building, "was adversely impacted by the severity of the flood surge and the speed with which it came on,"
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Scientists use genetic engineering techniques to create and breed what are called transgenic mice — strains where certain genes are "knocked out" or otherwise altered so researchers can pinpoint genetic variables in development and disease. Creating these transgenic lines can take years. It starts with lab work to target a specific gene, said Ashley Seifert, who researches tissue regeneration at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Next, researches have to insert the altered genes into mice blastocysts (early embryos) and then implant those embryos into mother mice (http://www.livescience.com/9149-meet-mice-dads-reporter-squeaky-lab-tour.html) that can gestate the new strain. Then the researchers have to make sure the genetic alterations made it through development and into the sperm and egg of the baby mice so that they can breed
Well if that isn't the opening chapter of of Sci Fi horror movie. I guess lets hope they all drowned?
One of the university's three animal research facilities, the Smilow building, "was adversely impacted by the severity of the flood surge and the speed with which it came on,"
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Scientists use genetic engineering techniques to create and breed what are called transgenic mice — strains where certain genes are "knocked out" or otherwise altered so researchers can pinpoint genetic variables in development and disease. Creating these transgenic lines can take years. It starts with lab work to target a specific gene, said Ashley Seifert, who researches tissue regeneration at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Next, researches have to insert the altered genes into mice blastocysts (early embryos) and then implant those embryos into mother mice (http://www.livescience.com/9149-meet-mice-dads-reporter-squeaky-lab-tour.html) that can gestate the new strain. Then the researchers have to make sure the genetic alterations made it through development and into the sperm and egg of the baby mice so that they can breed
Well if that isn't the opening chapter of of Sci Fi horror movie. I guess lets hope they all drowned?