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News Technology Researchers create mighty mouse with gene tweak that doubles muscle strength
| Researchers create mighty mouse with gene tweak that doubles muscle strength |
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| Sunday, 18 December 2011 21:55 | |||
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He can't fly just yet, but a team of scientists have made a big step towards creating a real-life Mighty Mouse. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, along with two Swiss
institutions, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the University of Lausanne, created a batch of super-strong mice and worms by tweaking a gene that normally inhibits muscle growth...
Continue Reading Researchers create "mighty mouse" with gene tweak that doubles muscle strengthSection: Research WatchTags: Genetic engineering,
Mouse,
Muscle,
Muscular Dystrophy,
Salk Institute
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