From: ct (tilley314@attbi.com)
Date: Sun Jan 19 2003 - 08:53:08 MST
Born January 15,1998
Died January 8, 2003
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Oldest Living Mouse Dies at Home
This is the story of the mouse known as GHR-KO "Dwarf" Mouse 11C, who toiled in
life for 4 years, 11 months and three weeks in the recesses of his home,
deep ...
A Methuselah of mice has died in a laboratory at Southern Illinois
University, school
officials said. The dwarf mouse, otherwise known as GHR-KO 11C, died Jan. ...
... Illinois University. The dwarf mouse, otherwise known as GHR-KO 11C,
died after living the equivalent of 180 to 200 human years. It was ...
... THUMBS UP... to GHR-KO "Dwarf" Mouse 11C, which gave almost five years
of its life to researchers at SIUC. Dwarf lived beyond the ...
"This one really stands out,'' ...
The mouse was born at SIU on Jan. 15, 1998, and was to be part of a study
of insulin sensitivity....
But it turned out 11C had no job in that study. In fact, he was never
challenged with hard work.
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=GHR-KO+11C&sa=N&tab=wn
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11C's remains will be studied at the University of Texas in San Antonio.
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