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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Rat Made Supersmart -- Similar Boost Unsafe in Humans?


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Scientists have tripled the memory of a rat named Hobbie-J (not pictured) by enhancing a single gene, suggesting that similar therapies may someday aid—or bedevil—humans, according to an October 2009 study.

Photograph by Vincent J. Musi, National Geographic Stock