Researchers at Northwestern University, who were studying how gene editing might reduce both aggression and social communication, were shocked to learn that the process produced exactly the opposite.
Not only that, the fluffy hamsters turned into “mutant rage monsters” with “high levels of aggression toward same-sex individuals.”
According to Metro, “All hamsters, regardless of genotype or sex, exhibited aggression (including chasing, biting and pinning) when exposed to a nonaggressive, same-sex conspecific in a neutral arena.”
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Metro May 27, 2022