From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Mon Jul 22 2002 - 02:38:53 MDT
>
> I assume that by now everybody has heard of the following paper:
>
> Anjen Chenn, Christopher A. Walsh, Regulation of Cerebral Cortical
> Size by Control of Cell Cycle Exit in Neural Precursors, Science
> Volume 297, Number 5580, Issue of 19 Jul 2002, pp. 365-369.
> http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/297/5580/365
>
> Engineered mice with extra beta-catenin developed enlarged brains
> with more cortex area and folding similar to higher mammals. No
> reports on performance (they were dissected nearly directly), I
> guess we will have to wait. My guess is that they might be tricky
> to rear (high metabolic demands, fragile skull) but it will be very
> interesting to see what develops.
>
> So now we have ways of making big-brained mice with extra learning
> (the NMDA receptor hack), prolong their life (methusalah gene and
> IGF gene therapy) and even make them phosphorescent! The
> transrodents are coming! Luckily I have plenty of cheese.
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
> Anders Sandberg Towards
> Ascension!
> asa@nada.kth.se
> http://www.nada.kth.se/~asa/
> GCS/M/S/O d++ -p+ c++++ !l u+ e++ m++ s+/+ n--- h+/* f+ g+
> w++ t+ r+ !y
>
Obviously their first priority will be to put a base on the moon...
Emlyn
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