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Published online 23 August 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040823-2
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Geneticists engineer marathon mice
Endurance animals point way to athletic enhancement.
They can run like Haile Gebrselassie, but these champions are cheats. US scientists have genetically engineered two types of mice with exceptional athletic stamina, raising concerns that athletes might try to use similar strategies.
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