1. Creating the mouse took two and a half years and, for a postdoctoral student, was a substantial risk. 2. ES cell from mice are now commonly used to create experimental mice with desired genetic traits. 3. It took three generations, he said, to create mice that were completely deficient in the gene and useful for the study. 4. Now, scientists at the University of Washington report creating a mouse that drinks much more alcohol than it would ordinarily. 5. Sanes and his colleagues wanted to go beyond the test tube, so they created mice that lacked agrin. 6. So far, though, this technique has had far more success creating hirsute mice than humans. 7. Tecott and his colleagues pinpointed the effects of the brain chemical by creating mutant mice that lacked the protein and ate more than normal mice. 8. The aim is to create mice that produce human sperm. 9. The Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer combines two new technologies to create a mouse that communicates wirelessly with your computer and works effortlessly on any surface. 10. The MIT group knocked out the receptor gene from the hippocampal cells, creating mice whose cells lacked the receptor protein entirely. |