From: hal@finney.org
Date: Thu Mar 23 2000 - 13:12:22 MST
Robert J. Bradbury, <bradbury@aeiveos.com>, writes:
> http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/parkinsonsflies000322.html
>
> Now, this is good because it sets the stage for putting genes
> that are involved in other pathologies of aging into flies.
> There are some limits to this. For example, genes involved
> in skeletal structure, joints, arthritis, etc. couldn't
> be tested in a Drosophila model.
Well, they just need to work a little harder, that's all. I saw a movie
that shows how it's done. You create a matter transmitter, then you put
a human in it, see, but then a fly gets in with the human, so their DNA
gets mixed, and there you go, a six foot fly...
I don't remember if the giant fly had arthritis though. But it sure
could have.
hal
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