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Marathon Mice

"Marathon mice" have just one gene modified to give them super stamina

The announcement of genetically engineered "marathon mice", which have one gene modified to give them super stamina, raises questions about its future application for human athletes. Brain scanning confirms that revenge is sweet. Worms that live on"whale falls", carcasses that have sunk to the ocean floor, plus extracting 55 million years of climate history from the Arctic seabed.

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