• Chuymatt@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Here is my issue: they seem to be using ‘bio-engendered mice’ as a scare phrase. Nearly all mice in a research facility will be, everywhere.

    It’ve been weirder had they NOT been genetically modified.

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      1 year ago

      they seem to be using ‘bio-engendered mice’ as a scare phrase

      Did you read the article? It says what they were bio-engineered for.

      Wang Zhaolin, a representative of the company operating the lab, Prestige Biotech, told investigators that the mice inside the warehouse had been genetically engineered to catch and spread the COVID-19 virus, according to The San Joaquin Valley Sun.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah wild-type mice are present in labs as controls, but by far fewer in number to the modified organisms, apparently