ok, thats just messed up, monkeys bred to contract brain disorder

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3958803.ece

 

From The TimesMay 19, 2008

 

Mutant monkeys bred to contract brain disorder

Mark Henderson, Science Editor

Monkeys have been genetically engineered to contract Huntington’s disease in a

controversial experiment that could aid the development of treatments for the

brain disorder.

 

 

What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure

that just ain't so.

- Mark Twain

[Guest guest]

It is messed up. Unfortunately they already breed mice to get cancer

within 6 weeks of being born, and who knows what else!!!

 

Jo

 

, fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote:

>

> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3958803.ece

>

> From The TimesMay 19, 2008

>

> Mutant monkeys bred to contract brain disorder

> Mark Henderson, Science Editor

> Monkeys have been genetically engineered to contract Huntington’s

disease in a controversial experiment that could aid the development

of treatments for the brain disorder.

>

>

> What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we

know for sure that just ain't so.

> - Mark Twain

>