Future is now: growing mice out of skin cells

By akie

From the Wall Street Journal:

“Two teams of Chinese researchers working separately have reprogrammed mature skin cells of mice to an embryonic-like state and used the resulting cells to create live mouse offspring.”

Link

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By akie

Another Bizarro comic…

I like his style

Follow my husband

By akie

By Bizarro, via Neatorama.

Holy rave party

By akie

The only way a Southern Baptist Convention makes sense

This is genius

There are two more, but I prefer this one.

Future is now: longer living through chemistry

By akie

A new drug extends the life span of middle-aged mice by 14%. If the same holds for humans, this means an extension of the average life span of approximately 10 years…

Link (from a credible source)

Future is now: mind reading

By akie

I’ve seen a lot of technology lately that seem to come right out of science fiction stories.
Exhibit 1: Japanese researchers can read your mind.

I will blog more examples as I come across them.