[HN Gopher] Mice grow 'mini-antlers' thanks to deers' speedy ste...
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Mice grow 'mini-antlers' thanks to deers' speedy stem cells
Author : wallflower
Score : 11 points
Date : 2023-03-15 23:32 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.nature.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.nature.com)
| sparrish wrote:
| Now I just need a little sley and a tiny Santa...
| DoktorDelta wrote:
| One step closer to Jackalopes!
| davidg109 wrote:
| I'm officially evicting my hamster to make room for one of these,
| cute as a button, antler rodents.
| stametseater wrote:
| Oh sweet, more man-made horrors beyond my comprehension.
| skeaker wrote:
| It's weird how this phrase has come to mean "potentially
| vaguely unethical"
| AbrahamParangi wrote:
| Catastrophizing is very in.
| kanzure wrote:
| > "Such a treatment could raise ethical concerns about the
| cross-species implantation of cells, as well as the
| significant safety trials that would be required"
|
| Yes the significant ethical concerns of deer antlers... what?
|
| We need to just accelerate (in general; I don't have many
| thoughts about deer antlers but don't let this stop you) and
| not get into another incident spending 14 years "safety
| testing" golden rice:
| https://twitter.com/kanzure/status/1636170779447513091
| xwdv wrote:
| Eventually the antler keeps growing until the mouse is more
| antler than mouse. An antler with a mouse as a tumor.
| chrisco255 wrote:
| If this were available as a cosmetic enhancement for humans,
| how many people you think would go for it?
| pavel_lishin wrote:
| This sounds like the cutest possible man-made horror.
|
| I'm putting these little guys in my D&D game.
| jollyllama wrote:
| Searched for an article with pics
|
| Man made horror, not very cute, can confirm
| Fauntleroy wrote:
| The actual results of the experiment are not what the title
| would lead one to believe.
| davidw wrote:
| Paywalled, but... are there pictures of mice with little antlers?
| I would really like to see that.
| 6177c40f wrote:
| I found pictures. You really do not want to see them, but if
| you must, here:
| https://interestingengineering.com/science/mini-antlers-mice...
| throw_m239339 wrote:
| Poor creatures. The link is very NSFW and is not for the
| faint of heart.
| rolenthedeep wrote:
| I extremely regret clicking this link.
|
| For the curious, most of the photos just look like a weird
| tumor on top of the mouse head. A few display spindly growths
| that look like cordyceps. It's very gross and kind of
| disturbing.
| xwdv wrote:
| Should have asked an AI instead
| rf15 wrote:
| What a mess. I guess without all the necessary context tissue
| that is required to make them work this is little more than a
| tumor. I wonder what they thought would happen.
| fnordpiglet wrote:
| Science!
| mynegation wrote:
| Next step: wolpertingers.
| ben_w wrote:
| Ah, so that's what the mystery creature in one of my local
| restaurants is.
|
| I just assumed jackalope.
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