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Offline RyltarTopic starter

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Living Mouse controlled by Light
« on: November 16, 2009, 09:42:38 AM »
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/mf_optigenetics/3/

It is a pretty interesting article. They used a man-made virus with genes from pond scum to precisely control a mouse's movement with light.
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Re: Living Mouse controlled by Light
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2009, 01:44:55 PM »
Gotta love genetics!!!  And science in general.  That's pretty amazing if you ask me. 
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Re: Living Mouse controlled by Light
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2009, 01:45:36 PM »
I tried this with a cat once.
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