Reuters: Gene Blocker Turns Monkeys Into Workaholics
The researchers used anti-sense RNA to lower the levels of a dopamine receptor in the brains of rhesus monkeys who had to push levers in response to visual cues.
Procrastinating monkeys were turned into workaholics using a gene treatment to block a key brain compound, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Monkeys and humans both tend to wait until the last possible minute to finish up the work, and become very adept at estimating how long they have.
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Nature has another rewrite of the same press release.
Update: More discussion on Gaal’s LJ, with my reaction to his comment below, noting that (in the Nature version, at least), it explains that this "gene theraphy" is temporary.