Human-Mice Get Freakishly Large Brains Thanks To Human DNA

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Human-Mice Get Freakishly Large Brains Thanks To Human DNA

Super-intelligent Human-Mice Getting Freakishly Large Brains Thanks To Human DNA are a common trope of science fiction, ranging from the heartrending Flowers for Algernon tale to the beloved Pinky and the Brain TV series. But today, scientists announced that they have boosted brain size in mice for real, using human DNA as a catalyst. The study’s authors, based out of Duke University, successfully produced an excessively brainy mouse embryo by isolating a key genetic sequence involved in human brain growth. Their results were published today in Current Biology.

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The Secret of NIMH! That was one of my favorite stories when I was young.

I did a post on this in December:
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