RGS14 - Genetically smarter, or the Kurt Melvin gene...
Wow this is tres cool...
Scientists at Emory Univ School of Medicine have been playing with genes in mice. They
deleted the RGS14 gene, which was identified years ago, and the mice became smarter.
They learned faster and remembered more.
Scientists are thinking of this gene in terms of "holding back"
"Since RGS14 appears to hold mice back mentally, John Hepler, PhD, professor of
pharmacology at Emory University School of Medicine, says he and his colleagues have
been jokingly calling it the "Homer Simpson gene."" Hey Kurt!
Kurt Makes History
Ken
Scientists at Emory Univ School of Medicine have been playing with genes in mice. They
deleted the RGS14 gene, which was identified years ago, and the mice became smarter.
They learned faster and remembered more.
Scientists are thinking of this gene in terms of "holding back"
"Since RGS14 appears to hold mice back mentally, John Hepler, PhD, professor of
pharmacology at Emory University School of Medicine, says he and his colleagues have
been jokingly calling it the "Homer Simpson gene."" Hey Kurt!
Kurt Makes History
Ken