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Scientists in the US have created overly-aggressive mutant hamsters!
Researchers at Northwestern University were examining a hormone called vasopressin, and its receptor Avpr1a, using Syrian hamsters as test subjects.
Their understanding was that Avpr1a regulates things like teamwork and friendship, as well as dominance and bonding. So they used CRISPR tech to remove the receptor thinking it would increase bonding and cooperation between the loveable rodents.
They fucked up.
All the hamsters, regardless of genotype or sex, exhibited aggressive behaviour, including chasing, biting, and pinning!
I think Professor Albert, a member of the research team, sums the situation up best by saying “We don’t understand this system as well as we thought we did.”
Ian Malcom would be enraged at this!
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Scientists in the US have created overly-aggressive mutant hamsters!
Researchers at Northwestern University were examining a hormone called vasopressin, and its receptor Avpr1a, using Syrian hamsters as test subjects.
Their understanding was that Avpr1a regulates things like teamwork and friendship, as well as dominance and bonding. So they used CRISPR tech to remove the receptor thinking it would increase bonding and cooperation between the loveable rodents.
They fucked up.
All the hamsters, regardless of genotype or sex, exhibited aggressive behaviour, including chasing, biting, and pinning!
I think Professor Albert, a member of the research team, sums the situation up best by saying “We don’t understand this system as well as we thought we did.”
Ian Malcom would be enraged at this!
ABOUT THINK INC.
Think Inc. is a community of individuals on a mission to expose the true face of modern society. Armed with ideas, we defy the stale conventions of learning by shifting the world’s attention to global ideas, while opening minds.
We’re not on the fringe. We are trendsetters with the power to shift perceptions and reshape the face of the mainstream.
In 2014, Think Inc. launched with the mandate of creating a community where ideas can be shared, challenged, voiced and became a champion of democratising ideas. On this foundation, Think Inc. has grown into a powerful collective.
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