{"id":641,"date":"2007-12-13T13:54:27","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T13:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2007\/12\/13\/japanese-develop-fearless-mous\/"},"modified":"2007-12-13T13:54:27","modified_gmt":"2007-12-13T13:54:27","slug":"japanese-develop-fearless-mous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/13\/japanese-develop-fearless-mous\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Develop Fearless Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fearless Mouse<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/472\/files\/2012\/04\/i-8c5d2e18e47fa7a7205a099b8dea9b7e-japanscienti.jpg?w=604\" alt=\"i-8c5d2e18e47fa7a7205a099b8dea9b7e-japanscienti.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In this undated photo released by Tokyo University&#8217;s Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry Graduate School of Science, a genetically modified mouse stays near a cat in Tokyo. Using genetic engineering, scientists at Tokyo University say they have successfully switched off the rodents&#8217; instinct to cower at the smell or presence of cats, showing that fear is genetically hardwired and not leaned through experience, as commonly believed. (AP Photo\/Ko and Reiko Kobayakawa, Tokyo University Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry Graduate School of Science)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news116739098.html\">[source]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8230; This could lead to a better mouse trap.  Or at least, a whole new world of Friday cat-blogging. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fearless Mouse In this undated photo released by Tokyo University&#8217;s Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry Graduate School of Science, a genetically modified mouse stays near a cat in Tokyo. Using genetic engineering, scientists at Tokyo University say they have successfully switched off the rodents&#8217; instinct to cower at the smell or presence of cats, showing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/13\/japanese-develop-fearless-mous\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Japanese Develop Fearless Mouse<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[101],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-al","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}