Monday, May 10, 2010

Good News Everyone!

A breakthrough!
Humans have a common facial expression that conveys pain – and now Canadian researchers have shown that mice make a similar “pain face.”

A new “mouse grimace scale” will make it easier for researchers to assess the pain-control benefits of new drugs in lab animals, says Jeff Mogil, a pain researcher at McGill University in Montreal.
I'm looking forward to the “kitten grimace scale” and the “puppy grimace scale” on which I expect the research to be THOROUGH.
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12 comments:

  1. fishMay 10, 2010 at 8:21 AM

    Grimace pain scale

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  2. tigrisMay 10, 2010 at 8:48 AM

    Fish, that is AWESOME.

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  3. Substance McGravitasMay 10, 2010 at 9:53 AM

    Getting two arms removed hurts.

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  4. Rusty ShacklefordMay 10, 2010 at 10:15 AM

    Evil Grimace: the Daffy Duck to Ronald's Bugs Bunny

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  5. Big Bad Bald BastardMay 10, 2010 at 11:29 AM

    Somebody got grant money to kick mice in the 'nads?

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  6. Substance McGravitasMay 10, 2010 at 11:49 AM

    I don't think you can deny that you need someone with really really tiny feet for that, so there must have been some expense involved.

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  7. DillonMay 10, 2010 at 11:52 AM

    In a related story, Mickey Kaus is doing research on the O-faces of goats.

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  8. Hamish MackMay 10, 2010 at 2:02 PM

    This, er, pain researcher job, there are many vacancies?

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  9. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©May 10, 2010 at 2:45 PM

    Very fancy, fish.

    Now let's see one for Danio rerio, for double special extra credits.
    ~

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  10. zombie rotten mcdonaldMay 10, 2010 at 3:24 PM

    I am concerned that fish has time to do such things.

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  11. Smut ClydeMay 10, 2010 at 5:52 PM

    “kitten grimace scale”
    LOWWWWLcats.

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  12. Hamish MackMay 10, 2010 at 8:07 PM

    Also I got the Futurama reference. I am down wiv the kids

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