[IN THE NEWS] Supermouse

Steve Connor, Science Editor for The Independent wrote:

Scientists have been astounded by the creation of a genetically modified "supermouse" with extraordinary physical abilities – comparable to the performance of the very best athletes – raising the prospect that the discovery may one day be used to transform people's capacities.

When I read this I thought that these would be a great addition to AtB. Kind of a combination of Mutant Mouse and Supersoldier experiment. The article states that they have a "breeding colony" of 500 and that they can breed well into old age (at three times the normal maximum age), so there's little doubt that these buggers would have no problem surviving in the AtB setting.

However, along with every supermouse comes a curse...

"On the downside, they eat twice as much as control mice, but they are half the weight, and are very aggressive. Why this is the case, we are not really sure."
- Richard Hanson, professor of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University.

In addition, there's been talk of using these findings in humans, since the genetic change made to these mice would be similar to what would be needed to get the same result in humans, but this has been baulked as being unethical and it would be improbable that it could be introduced in humans the same way.

Still maybe this would explain how Emperor Christian has lived so long...

Full Article: http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3121157.ece