Smart Genes?
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| Title: | Smart Genes? (cover story) |
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| Authors: | Lemonick, Michael D., Bjerklie, David, Park, Alice, Nash, J. Madeleine, Thompson, Dick |
| Source: | TIME Magazine. 9/13/1999, Vol. 154 Issue 11, p54. 5p. 3 Color Photographs, 7 Diagrams. |
| Subjects: | Intellect & genetics, Intelligence levels, Animal intelligence, Genetic research, Bioethics |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| Abstract: | Focuses on a study published in the September 1999 issue of `Nature' on a `supermouse' genetically engineered by scientists at Princeton, Massachusetts of Technology, and Washington Univeristy. Functions of memory systems, medial temporal lobe, and hippocampus in intelligence; Categories of implicit and explicit memory; Role of N-methyl D-asparate, or NMDA, in learning and memory; The NMDA receptor in mice called NR2B; Possible complication of premature cell death; Issue of using genetics to make people smarter. INSET: How Buiding a Better Mouse Could Potentially Benefit People. |
| Database: | Engineering Source |
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| Abstract: | Focuses on a study published in the September 1999 issue of `Nature' on a `supermouse' genetically engineered by scientists at Princeton, Massachusetts of Technology, and Washington Univeristy. Functions of memory systems, medial temporal lobe, and hippocampus in intelligence; Categories of implicit and explicit memory; Role of N-methyl D-asparate, or NMDA, in learning and memory; The NMDA receptor in mice called NR2B; Possible complication of premature cell death; Issue of using genetics to make people smarter. INSET: How Buiding a Better Mouse Could Potentially Benefit People. |
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| ISSN: | 0040781X |
