Cancer Resistant Mouse Provides Possible Cure

Cancer Resistant Mouse Provides Possible Cure 364

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:18PM from the one-of-many-recent-possibilities dept.

Evoluder writes to tell us that scientists at Wake Forest University have found a "cancer resistant mouse" and bred it to make a small army of cancer resistant mice. When transplanting blood from one of these mice to a normal non-resistant mouse they are able to provide "lifetime cancer protection". From the article: "The cancer-resistant mice all stem from a single mouse discovered in 1999. "The cancer resistance trait so far has been passed to more than 2,000 descendants in 14 generations," said Cui, associate professor of pathology. It also has been bred into three additional mouse strains. About 40 percent of each generation inherits the protection from cancer."

Cancer Resistant Mouse Provides Possible Cure

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Cancer resistant... (Score:5, Funny)

by Chabil Ha' ( 875116 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:20PM (#15295686)

but mortally susceptible to the common cold.

I for one... (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:21PM (#15295692)

...welcome our cancer resistant mice overlords

I for one... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:21PM (#15295702)

will skip the line you expected here and get right to the point: INVINCIBLE MICE ARMY?!?

Queue the theme music.... (Score:2, Funny)

by Ingolfke ( 515826 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:22PM (#15295706) Journal

Cancer Mouse... duh duh dah!

Nice, but... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:22PM (#15295707)

Will this cure cancer in rats? Because, EVERYTHING causes cancer in rats!

Delicious (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:23PM (#15295712)

I'll take a carton of cigarettes and a shot of mouse blood.

Re:Blood type issues? (Score:5, Funny)

by Ingolfke ( 515826 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:24PM (#15295734) Journal

I don't have a specific answer to your question, but I do know that it all tastes good to me.

Lucky perverts (Score:2, Funny)

by solevita ( 967690 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:27PM (#15295774)

There's hundred of guys on the internet that will now never get cancer of the ass. So I'm told...

Re:*squeak* *squeak* (Score:2, Funny)

by Spy der Mann ( 805235 ) writes: <spydermann...slashdot@@@gmail...com> on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:27PM (#15295775) Homepage Journal

The Brain: I told you, Pinky! My genetic manipulation machine WORKED!
Pinky: Yes, Brain, but I'm tired of the needles... zort! poit!

Send in the mice! (Score:2, Funny)

by digitaldc ( 879047 ) * writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:30PM (#15295798)

Cool, now all we have to do is train these mice to go in and shut down the main reactor [umich.edu] and we will all be saved, with no bad side effects or sacrificial Vulcans!

Re:Wireless? (Score:5, Funny)

by Shadow Wrought ( 586631 ) * writes: <shadow DOT wrought AT gmail DOT com> on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:30PM (#15295800) Homepage Journal

It's even worse. Apparantly the cancer resistant gene was found on the 3rd button. Mac users are hosed.

Cylon? (Score:4, Funny)

by tokki ( 604363 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:31PM (#15295820)

So the mouse is a cylon?

I mean, a'doy. Dr Baltar already figured this out. It cured President Rosylin's cancer, after all.

Re:Cause of the cancer resistance (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:32PM (#15295831)

Thats a brilliant idea.

Why dont you email them and suggest it?

Reading between the lines of your analysis, I think youre saying there could be a real future application for it.

Like I dunno...curing cancer maybe?

Take heed, Slashdotters! (Score:5, Funny)

by Guppy06 ( 410832 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:34PM (#15295850)

"The cancer resistance trait so far has been passed to more than 2,000 descendants in 14 generations"

If you cure cancer, you get laid.

Re:Beware. (Score:5, Funny)

by Retric ( 704075 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:36PM (#15295878)

"can I get a transplant donor soul?"

Yes.

--Prince of Lies.

Re:Cancer resistant... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:37PM (#15295881)

They need to stop this before the mice become resistant to poison and mouse traps.. maybe they'll even become resistant to being hit with a hammer and then what. Huh?

It hits the fan, thats what!

I for one... (Score:2, Funny)

by bgarcia ( 33222 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:38PM (#15295892) Homepage Journal

I for one welcome our new Immortal Mice Overlords...

Lifetime cancer protection (Score:5, Funny)

by markov_chain ( 202465 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:39PM (#15295902)

they are able to provide "lifetime cancer protection"

I see, so the protection lasts right until they die... from cancer. I think Aleve can do this just as well :)

I, for one (Score:2, Funny)

by sprag ( 38460 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:39PM (#15295906)

welcome our cancer-resistant rodent overlords.

All that money! (Score:2, Funny)

by ashtophoenix ( 929197 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:40PM (#15295910) Homepage Journal

All that money spent in research, and all we come up is with better mice! Plus I don't think they care too much about having cancer.

In other news... (Score:4, Funny)

by Paladine97 ( 467512 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:40PM (#15295915) Homepage

Richard Gere is all smiles and breathing a sigh of relief.

Re:I for one... (Score:5, Funny)

by From A Far Away Land ( 930780 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:43PM (#15295937) Homepage Journal

The old warfrin poison trick still works, don't worry. Plus we could just breed an army of cancer resistant snakes to take care of the mice.
Oh...

Re:In other news... (Score:4, Funny)

by mapmaker ( 140036 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:43PM (#15295942)

So that's the secret method of transferring the immunity to humans! I think I'll take the cancer...

Cliche among oncologists (Score:5, Funny)

by Beryllium Sphere(tm) ( 193358 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:44PM (#15295953) Journal

They say that if you turn up with cancer you'd be well advised to be a mouse, since the treatments work so much better.

Re:I for one... (Score:5, Funny)

by soxos ( 614545 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:51PM (#15296007) Homepage Journal

> The old warfrin poison trick still works, don't worry. Plus we could just breed
> an army of cancer resistant snakes to take care of the mice.
> Oh...

must... resist... can't...

cancer-resistant mongooses for the snakes
cancer-resistant gorillas to rid us of the mongooses
cancer-resistant tigers to attack the gorillas
cancer-resistant elephants to take care of the tigers
and cancer-resistant mice to scare the elephants

lather, rinse, repeat

Re:Beware. (Score:3, Funny)

by Maxo-Texas ( 864189 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:53PM (#15296031)

That's kinda cool.

So then we could transplant that gene and
1) Give plants souls
2) Give animals souls
3) Give bacteria souls

We already have a clearly soulless population of humans (CEO's and Lawyers) so we could isolate the difference between their genes and the rest of the populace to isolate this cancer-causing soul making gene.

Re:Beware. (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Meoward ( 665631 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:53PM (#15296032)

This cancer gene could be the one that also gives humans a soul.
Hmm, lessee.. no cancer in my lifetime in exchange for something I've never had any use for. Man, hard choice.

Ch-ching!
Next week, maybe I'll get to trade group sex for herpes.

Not quite a reliable claim (Score:3, Funny)

by NevarMore ( 248971 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:55PM (#15296046) Homepage Journal

"... able to provide "lifetime cancer protection"."

The article fails to mention that 'lifetime' can be greatly affected by the neighboring reptile obesity study.

Re:Cancer resistant... (Score:5, Funny)

by indifferent children ( 842621 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @03:58PM (#15296064)

Some damned fool went and invented a better mousetrap, so our scientists had to invent a better mouse.

Are they good on toast? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @04:00PM (#15296088)

They'll be delivered as a suppository, though they'll make a bit of a squeaking sound as they are inserted in your ass.

Re:Beware. (Score:3, Funny)

by ch-chuck ( 9622 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @04:02PM (#15296103) Homepage

C'mon, man - everybody knows whities ain't got the soul gene.

Re:Reference (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @04:14PM (#15296247)

Do you try to pronounce this PNAS as a word or always have to spell it out? In conversation, I mean.

Re:Good Idea/Bad Idea (Score:3, Funny)

by LWATCDR ( 28044 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @04:15PM (#15296257) Homepage Journal

A better question is could this cause autoimmune problems? If it makes the immune system more sensitive could it increase you chances at Lupus, MS, and or arthritis?
That is why I really hate biology. It is too complex. We need to to do a complete redesign! We need more isolation of functions and batter fault tolerance.
Sounds like a good open source project.

In Related News... (Score:3, Funny)

by carrier lost ( 222597 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @04:17PM (#15296274) Homepage

...mice begin smoking filterless cigarettes with wild abandon.
MjM

Great, but... (Score:2, Funny)

by VinB ( 936538 ) writes: <VinBrown@cox.net> on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @04:25PM (#15296351)

unfortunately, it has been found that it is a special chemical in the tail that provides the resistance.

In other news, Scientist have teamed up with fashion designer Ralph Loren to test market special jeans and skirts with button-fly tail holes in the back.

Dosage (Score:2, Funny)

by JustNiz ( 692889 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @04:25PM (#15296358)

>> Cancer Resistant Mouse Provides Possible Cure

Just dissolve one under your tongue every 8 hours...

Problem (Score:5, Funny)

by soft_guy ( 534437 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @04:27PM (#15296373)

Your loop is leaking scared elephants.

A cancer-resistant mouse! (Score:5, Funny)

by NereusRen ( 811533 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @04:33PM (#15296433)

Fantastic! I am very excited about this development. Will there be an ergonomic model released to prevent me from getting RSI, too? Perhaps a cancer-resistant trackball is in order.

... oh. Nevermind.

Re:Problem (Score:5, Funny)

by Walt Dismal ( 534799 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @05:20PM (#15296797)

It's the dreaded Elephant Buffer Overflow, the curse of IE users.

My question is... (Score:3, Funny)

by Billosaur ( 927319 ) * writes: <wgrother@nosPam.optonline.net> on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @07:50PM (#15297654) Journal

...how do they get all those mice to smoke tiny cigarettes?

Re:Problem (Score:4, Funny)

by OldManAndTheC++ ( 723450 ) writes: on Tuesday May 09, 2006 @11:59PM (#15298709)

Heh. And all that time I thought IE was shitting all over my system ... turns out it was elephants.

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Cancer resistant... (Score:5, Funny)

I for one... (Score:0, Funny)

I for one... (Score:5, Funny)

Queue the theme music.... (Score:2, Funny)

Nice, but... (Score:5, Funny)

Delicious (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Blood type issues? (Score:5, Funny)

Lucky perverts (Score:2, Funny)

Re:*squeak* *squeak* (Score:2, Funny)

Send in the mice! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Wireless? (Score:5, Funny)

Cylon? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Cause of the cancer resistance (Score:4, Funny)

Take heed, Slashdotters! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Beware. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Cancer resistant... (Score:5, Funny)

I for one... (Score:2, Funny)

Lifetime cancer protection (Score:5, Funny)

I, for one (Score:2, Funny)

All that money! (Score:2, Funny)

In other news... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:I for one... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:In other news... (Score:4, Funny)

Cliche among oncologists (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I for one... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Beware. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Beware. (Score:5, Funny)

Not quite a reliable claim (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Cancer resistant... (Score:5, Funny)

Are they good on toast? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Beware. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Reference (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Good Idea/Bad Idea (Score:3, Funny)

In Related News... (Score:3, Funny)

Great, but... (Score:2, Funny)

Dosage (Score:2, Funny)

Problem (Score:5, Funny)

A cancer-resistant mouse! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Problem (Score:5, Funny)

My question is... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Problem (Score:4, Funny)

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