scientists gene-editing to stifle social communication and aggression in hamsters found it made things worse

[butters]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/me...pc=U531&cvid=8725ee0589fd422ca0710dc0b5e83bb4

"We anticipated that if we eliminated vasopressin activity, we would reduce both aggression and social communication," Albers continued. "But the opposite happened."

The hamsters without the receptor displayed "high levels of aggression" towards hamsters of the same sex compared to their counterparts with the receptors intact, the study said.

"This suggests a startling conclusion," Albers said, per the statement. "Even though we know that vasopressin increases social behaviors by acting within a number of brain regions, it is possible that the more global effects of the Avpr1a receptor are inhibitory."

okay, i'm not a scientist, but they do say 'communication is the key', right?

 

[Sean]

"Reavers!"