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In our latest attempts to make lab rats immortal, a new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice. This is a rare case where the title isn't even clickbait.

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[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I believe this population of super-mice we are making that are immune to all disease will be the dominant life form on earth after we have extincted ourselves. Im in favor of this future.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 22 hours ago

They will do our bidding in forever thanks to us.