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Posted by michael on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @04:45PM from the mice-get-all-the-luck dept.

cavehobbit writes "Nature.com reports: Lab mice have grown tissue more usually confined to a bra - lumps of human breast. The growths should help researchers work out how cancer develops. My only question is: Will Logitech or Microsoft be first to market...."

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And once again... (Score:4, Funny)

by Ieshan ( 409693 ) writes: <{moc.liamg} {ta} {nahsei}> on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @04:46PM (#8649438) Homepage Journal

And once again, boobies fuel research.

VCRs, DVDs, high-speed internet... and now boob-laden mice. What'll they think of next?

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- Re:And once again... (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by leviramsey ( 248057 ) * writes:
  
  From Coupling's season one episode, "Inferno":
  
  I'm a bloke, we're supposed to like naked women, we're born like that! We like naked women as soon as we're pulled out of one; halfway down the birth canal we're already enjoying the view! Look, it is the four pillars of the male heterosexual psyche. We like: Naked Women, Stockings, Lesbians, and Sean Connery best as James Bond, because that's what being a boy is....Look, I want to spend the rest of my life with the woman at the end of that table there, but th
  - Re:And once again... (Score:2)
    
    by Mattcelt ( 454751 ) writes:
    
    If you're seeing breasts on bottoms, there's a problem.
I'm guessing... (Score:2)

by Randolpho ( 628485 ) writes:

That the "cosmetic surgery" market will drive this technology. Forget silicone -- now you can *grow* bigger breasts.
- Re:I'm guessing... (Score:1)
  
  by sponge_absorbent ( 588860 ) writes:
  
  Something most people arnt aware of, is that breast implants need to be replaced. They are prone to bursting and leaking when they get old.
  So I would much rather increse my existing tissue than get an implant which will need to be replaced several times in my lifetime. but it looks like this technique also promotes cancer. eeek
  - Re:I'm guessing... (Score:2)
    
    by drinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:
    
    You'll probably have to replace breast implants made of this kind of tissue, too. Your body should absorb it over time, I would think. It would be nice if you could make them permanent though, I'd start a nonprofit to buy women bigger tits.
    - Re:I'm guessing... (Score:3, Funny)
      
      by Tackhead ( 54550 ) writes:
      
      > You'll probably have to replace breast implants made of this kind of tissue, too. Your body should absorb it over time, I would think. It would be nice if you could make them permanent though, I'd start a nonprofit to buy women bigger tits.
      Brain: And once this Slashdotter has started the nonprofit fundraiser, and our kind has a monopoly on breast production, we shall rule the world! (And it shall be a wonderful world, full of tits.)
      Pinky: Well, Brain, if the world needs more tits, I'm glad to do
Mice... (Score:1, Redundant)

by Undefined Parameter ( 726857 ) writes:

...is there anything they can't do?

~UP
Poor Minnie! (Score:5, Funny)

by El ( 94934 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @04:49PM (#8649471)

Obviously this is Eisner's last, desperate attempt to make Disney more popular...

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- Re:Poor Minnie! (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Randolpho ( 628485 ) writes:
  
  Alas that I had already posted in this thread! I had a mod point to give you.
  
  Or perhaps you deserve a "-1, Coke-out-the-nose-and-that-really-burns" moderation?
Microsoft? Logitech? (Score:5, Funny)

by daeley ( 126313 ) * writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @04:51PM (#8649493) Homepage

Apple would make one with only one nipple and the rest of you would be up in arms about it! ;)

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- Re:Microsoft? Logitech? nah, IBM! (Score:2)
  
  by mdielmann ( 514750 ) writes:
  
  They already proposed one [ibm.com].
  
  Also, I used to have a keyboard [ibm.com] with one nipple...
  - Re:Microsoft? Logitech? nah, IBM! (Score:2, Funny)
    
    by Liquor ( 189040 ) writes:
    
    Also, I used to have a keyboard with one nipple
    
    You meant the Cursor Location Interface Tool?
- Re:Microsoft? Logitech? (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by acousticiris ( 656375 ) * writes:
  
  And Microsoft would make one with 5 nipples, and two of them would be useless unless the individual was wearing a particular bra.
  
  Wait a second...are we still talking about the same thing?
Make them run on a wheel!!! (Score:2, Funny)

by Picass0 ( 147474 ) writes:

If you put a wheel in their cage I'll never have to leave the house again!

I could just watch them jiggle...
- Re:Make them run on a wheel!!! (Score:1)
  
  by AragornSonOfArathorn ( 454526 ) writes:
  
  If you put a wheel in their cage I'll never have to leave the house again!
  
  I could just watch them jiggle...
  
  Yes, jiggling hairy mouse-breasts. My loins ache for them ;)
Tonight, we take over the word ... (Score:2)

by Merlin42 ( 148225 ) * writes:

Hmmm, if they can get breast tissue to work why not brain tissue?
- Re:Tonight, we take over the word ... (Score:1)
  
  by momerath2003 ( 606823 ) * writes:
  
  When was the last time you saw a breast think?
  - Re:Tonight, we take over the word ... (Score:3, Funny)
    
    by Deanasc ( 201050 ) writes:
    
    When was the last time you saw a breast think?
    Way off topic but I let my wee-wee do all my thinking.
    - Re:Tonight, we take over the word ... (Score:1)
      
      by freakmn ( 712872 ) writes:
      
      When was the last time you saw a breast think?
      
      That's why men are smarter! I'm always told I am think ing with my "other head," so I'm increasing my maximum thinking power. Now if you could get a breast to think...
      
      It's funny, laugh!
      - Re:Tonight, we take over the word ... (Score:1)
        
        by metlin ( 258108 ) writes:
        
        You would have more lesbians :-p
- Re:Tonight, we take over the word ... (Score:2)
  
  by Danse ( 1026 ) writes:
  
  Let us get the important stuff done first. Then we'll move on to brains and spleens and other lesser organs.
- Re:Tonight, we take over the word ... (Score:1)
  
  by benchbri ( 764527 ) writes:
  
  If mice can grow breasts, they don't need brains.
- Re:Tonight, we take over the word ... (Score:1)
  
  by Mick Ohrberg ( 744441 ) writes:
  
  Oh, you want a real-world Pinky & The Brain [uni-duesseldorf.de]?
White Mice (Score:2, Funny)

by OC_Wanderer ( 729511 ) writes:

Why do they keep testing with white mice????
It's a proven fact that white mice cause cancer!
- Re:White Mice (Score:2, Interesting)
  
  by Kobal ( 597997 ) writes:
  
  I know this is a joke, but it isn't that off target. The point isn't to see whether they'll develop a cancer, but how and how soon.
  This mouse/human model will certainly be most helpful in studying hormone-dependent breast cancers, since in-vitro cellular assays have given wildly different results against similar substances. A partially-human-yet-ethically-useable whole body model is certainly welcome in the field.
  By the way, depending on the studies and their results, this line of research may deal a vi
- Re:White Mice (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by john82 ( 68332 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @06:13PM (#8650404)
  
  The corollary I was raised on:
  
  The leading cause of cancer in rats is research.
  
  You've left the lens cap on your brain again, haven't you Pinky?
  
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Human Body "Emulation" (Score:3, Interesting)

by parvenu74 ( 310712 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @05:01PM (#8649616)

An interesting concept: since mouse breast cancer is sufficiently different from human breast cancer that the efficacy of the research is limited, make the breasts on the mouse more human so that the resulting cancer is more human... Basically the mouse -- or any other lab animal for that matter -- becomes the host for a human emulation layer for studying disease.

Is it just me, or does this makes make anyone else think of the WINE project: create a more Windows-like "tissue mass" on Linux in order to grow/study the cancer on a different platform...

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- That's just what it is (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by Spamalamadingdong ( 323207 ) writes:
  
  Many of the problems with research into AIDS is that no animal reacts to the virus the same way that humans do; there are similar monkey viruses, but they do not cause the same sort (or necessarily any) disease. Ditto with Alzheimer's and a ton of other things out there.
  There are already efforts to produce chimeric animals with some human genes so that they will react more like humans to drugs, diseases and even general development. There are also ethicists looking very closely at these efforts - I don't
- Re:Human Body "Emulation" (Score:1, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  You sir, are obviously a well-adjusted geek and I applaud you. When confronted with a story about breasts, you think of the WINE project. I salute you.
Curious... (Score:1)

by SLiK812 ( 518195 ) writes:

I wonder what the inch measure and cup sizes will be like.
- Re:Curious... (Score:2)
  
  by leviramsey ( 248057 ) * writes:
  
  The mouse named Pam had 3AAAAAAAAA's...
I can't believe this doesn't already exist (Score:5, Funny)

by Strange Ranger ( 454494 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @05:05PM (#8649641)

With a soft breast-shaped mouse, we could teach half the population to be skilled computer users!
Straight males, lesbians, etc.

Just think of all those "Joe Users" just looking for a reason to click on one more thing, to mouse around just a bit more. They'd learn every single menu item in every app on their PC!

"Son, why don't you go play on the internet some more."
"OK Ma, But I've already finished it once."

Heck, I want one myself!

The new office catch-phrase: "Sorry, been mousing around, can't stand up for awhile.

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- Re:I can't believe this doesn't already exist (Score:1)
  
  by thegrassyknowl ( 762218 ) writes:
  
  If only my mouse had these. I'd have no need for the significant other! I could actually enjoy sitting in front of my computer for work (moreso than I do now).
- Clitorismouse (Score:2)
  
  by pipingguy ( 566974 ) writes:
  
  With a soft breast-shaped mouse, we could teach half the population to be skilled computer users! Straight males, lesbians, etc.
  
  Look - the entire mouse-using world is now pre-programmed to please females sexually. Why do you think the middle mouse button has become so popular? Stroke up, stroke down. Push down, wiggle side-to-side (for the newer, experimental designs). Not to mention the "mouse gestures" features that some programs offer as an "enhancement to computing experience. Wake up guys! You are b
Five-assed monkeys? (Score:1)

by AndrewHowe ( 60826 ) writes:

Someone's gotta be working on it.
in other news (Score:2, Interesting)

by Finuvir ( 596566 ) writes:

Slashdot has its first ever story with no moderations other than 'funny'.
- Cap'n, We can't avoid the glaring jokes ahead!!! (Score:1)
  
  by yletelpmoc ( 763765 ) writes:
  
  I know I should be talking about how this research opens up the possibilities for breakthrough research on an unprecedented level for most diseases dealing with changes in cells, or how bombarding tissue samples with radiation to make the graft work brings up some interesting points on the effects of the radiation on the results, or why radiating them is needed to make the implantation work, but all I can think of is, YEA BOOBS!!!
- Re:in other news (Score:1)
  
  by Meijer ( 237978 ) writes:
  
  Interesting?!
  Mod parent "funny", otherwise he's plain wrong.
  - Re:in other news (Score:1)
    
    by Finuvir ( 596566 ) writes:
    
    I think it's a subtly funny moderation actually. Either that or the moderator just didn't get it and I have to finish all of my (intended) funny comments with an exclamation mark to make it obvious.
- Re:I can't begin to count... (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by TwistedGreen ( 80055 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @06:46PM (#8650697)
  
  Ah, yes, this is a very insightful post. Especially considering that you didn't say a thing.
  
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  - Re:I can't begin to count... (Score:1)
    
    by rk ( 6314 ) writes:
    
    I thought "insightful" was the mod you were supposed to use if you thought something was funny, but actually wanted the author to get karma for it.
And here I thought... (Score:5, Funny)

by PapaBoojum ( 232247 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @05:33PM (#8649945)

...a titmouse was a bird.

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- Re:And here I thought... (Score:2)
  
  by angst_ridden_hipster ( 23104 ) writes:
  
  Damn. You beat me to it!
- Re:And here I thought... (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by dnahelix ( 598670 ) writes:
  
  No, THIS [brooklynbizarro.com] is a titmouse!
- Re:And here I thought... (Score:1)
  
  by leviramsey ( 248057 ) * writes:
  
  Silly poster, tits are for chicks!
Silicone Implants (Score:2)

by the eric conspiracy ( 20178 ) writes:

And I suppose the next step is teeny implants to test the effects of different materials....
- Tsk, tsk, slashdot, you aren't fast enough today. (Score:2)
  
  by Ayanami Rei ( 621112 ) * writes:
  
  I'm surprised no one has posted the obvious yet!
  
  The scientists are just WASTING their time. Apparently mice do grow human breat tissue. And lots of it!
  - AHHHH! mod down parent, mod this up. (Score:2)
    
    by Ayanami Rei ( 621112 ) * writes:
    
    I should have previewed first, link fixed:
    
    I'm surprised no one has posted the obvious yet! [vclart.net]
    The scientists are just WASTING their time. Apparently mice do grow human breat tissue. And lots of it!
Mice with breasts? (Score:2)

by Feztaa ( 633745 ) writes:

It's been done [ctrl-c.liu.se].
- Re:Mice with breasts? (Score:2)
  
  by irokitt ( 663593 ) writes:
  
  I highly recommend you guys click on that when TheBoss/TheMom is not looking.
  - Re:Mice with breasts? (Score:2)
    
    by Feztaa ( 633745 ) writes:
    
    That could be interpreted two ways. Which are you highly recommending, that people see it, or that people hide if from their bosses/parents?
"Mice Get Human Breasts" (Score:1)

by Trikenstein ( 571493 ) writes:

Sadly, mice will now also have human stalkers
Not to be outdone... (Score:3, Funny)

by Chris Tucker ( 302549 ) writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @06:44PM (#8650681) Homepage

...the American Forestry Association announces their research project to grow humn breast tissue on a tree to produce a genuine titwillow.

I sincerely apologise for the above. Really.

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What're we gonna do tonight Brain? (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @07:27PM (#8651094)

The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Stay in the cage and fondle ourselves.

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On the one hand... (Score:2)

by p4ul13 ( 560810 ) writes:

On the one hand we have a valuable tool for improving our understanding of breast cancer. On the other hand, we have mice who will feel better about themselves and get noticed by boys more often.
This is totally a Win / Win scenario!!
Breasts, eh? (Score:1, Offtopic)

by gklinger ( 571901 ) writes:

I'm all for mice with breasts if only because it would be somewhat less disturbing than this [hypocrites.com]. (And no, that isn't a gag photo. Scientists are a strange bunch of monkeys.)
- Re:Breasts, eh? (Score:1)
  
  by StrongAxe ( 713301 ) writes:
  
  The site forbids image linking of images; you can see it here [hypocrites.com].
- Re:ObResponse (Score:2)
  
  by DynaSoar ( 714234 ) * writes:
  
  OFFTOPIC??
  
  tits == GIFs?
  Breasts and pictures of them?
  
  That may be one of the most all-pervading associations ever concocted by human minds, and all thanks to the net.
  
  It may be a lot of things, including utterly failing at being obvious humor, but it's as off topic "definition" is to the subject "dictionary".
  
  Officer, arrest that person and take away his moderator's license. He has obviously not had the proper training.
  
  Oh, and here:
  Use as needed.
Trust me, you aren't interested in mice breasts (Score:1)

by mereniel ( 764652 ) writes:

Sorry folks, but the mice won't have nice "boobs."

Unlike human breasts, however, the mice's growths sit flush to the chest. Humans are unusual in this respect, says Daniel Medina who studies breast cancer at Baylor College of Medicine at Houston, Texas: "In few other species are breasts pendulous."

This is only for breast CANCER research :-P
The circle is almost complete. (Score:2)

by CarlDenny ( 415322 ) writes:

Finally, mice produce monkey sperm." [slashdot.org]

I guess soon we'll have offloaded this entire boobies->sperm process to mice. Science!
Finally! (Score:1, Redundant)

by varjag ( 415848 ) writes:

Now even slashdotters can have a girlfriend.
Medical Marvel in Minnie (Score:5, Informative)

by MissMarvel ( 723385 ) * writes: on Wednesday March 24, 2004 @12:41PM (#8658047) Journal

Breast cancer hits one in eight women at some time in their life. One in eight! That's a frightening prospect, yet this is the risk that faces our mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters.

This new tissue transplant procedure in mouse provides what, up until now, has not been available... living human breast tissue on which to experiment.

Despite massive funding of breast cancer research over the past 20+ years, we still know very little about the cellular mechanism by which breast cancer takes hold. I'd say this new procedure is a move in the right direction and gives the female population new hope.

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Tech Leap (Score:1)

by phazei ( 559785 ) writes:

I can see a huge technological leap in the field of breast cancer research with this new development. As soon as the porn industry hears of these mice I'm sure they generate a huge supply for their huge chains of.. 'research' shops. To be followed by their research of 'genital development' in the teenage female H. Sapien.

i didn't rtfa, this is a joke
I don't trust (Score:1)

by Open Council ( 704163 ) writes:

this Mickey Mouse technology........
Obligatory American Pie Quote (Score:2)

by wembley ( 81899 ) writes:

"You mean to say you've never double-clicked your own mouse?"

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And once again... (Score:4, Funny)

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Mice... (Score:1, Redundant)

Poor Minnie! (Score:5, Funny)

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Microsoft? Logitech? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Microsoft? Logitech? nah, IBM! (Score:2)

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Make them run on a wheel!!! (Score:2, Funny)

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Tonight, we take over the word ... (Score:2)

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White Mice (Score:2, Funny)

Re:White Mice (Score:2, Interesting)

Re:White Mice (Score:5, Funny)

Human Body "Emulation" (Score:3, Interesting)

That's just what it is (Score:3, Interesting)

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Curious... (Score:1)

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I can't believe this doesn't already exist (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I can't believe this doesn't already exist (Score:1)

Clitorismouse (Score:2)

Five-assed monkeys? (Score:1)

in other news (Score:2, Interesting)

Cap'n, We can't avoid the glaring jokes ahead!!! (Score:1)

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Re:I can't begin to count... (Score:4, Funny)

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And here I thought... (Score:5, Funny)

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Silicone Implants (Score:2)

Tsk, tsk, slashdot, you aren't fast enough today. (Score:2)

AHHHH! mod down parent, mod this up. (Score:2)

Mice with breasts? (Score:2)

Re:Mice with breasts? (Score:2)

Re:Mice with breasts? (Score:2)

"Mice Get Human Breasts" (Score:1)

Not to be outdone... (Score:3, Funny)

What're we gonna do tonight Brain? (Score:3, Funny)

On the one hand... (Score:2)

Breasts, eh? (Score:1, Offtopic)

Re:Breasts, eh? (Score:1)

Re:ObResponse (Score:2)

Trust me, you aren't interested in mice breasts (Score:1)

The circle is almost complete. (Score:2)

Finally! (Score:1, Redundant)

Medical Marvel in Minnie (Score:5, Informative)

Tech Leap (Score:1)

I don't trust (Score:1)

Obligatory American Pie Quote (Score:2)

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