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2017-06-07 Science & Technology

MEMORY HOLE: U.S. scientists have developed a 'memory wipe' enzyme that can erase memories forever

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Posted by Anomalous Sources 2017-06-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Definitely one of those "you go first" breakthroughs.

Posted by PBMcL 2017-06-07 01:06|| 2017-06-07 01:06|| Front Page Top

#2 How would we know if this was the first time it was discovered?

Posted by Chesney Wittlesbach8478 2017-06-07 07:23|| 2017-06-07 07:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Oxycontins and benzodiazepams also have similar effects on memory over time. Some anesthetics used in surgery also erase memories of surgery. Erasing memory is a 2-edged sword.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-06-07 08:21|| 2017-06-07 08:21|| Front Page Top

#4 If it could do it selectively I would love it

Posted by BernardZ 2017-06-07 08:39|| 2017-06-07 08:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Is it in Newcastle Brown Ale?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-06-07 11:04|| 2017-06-07 11:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Now John Fing Kerry can have his memory unseared. I suggest a full wipe just be sure. Reprogram him with Jerry Lewis movies and send him to France.

Posted by Silentbrick 2017-06-07 11:19|| 2017-06-07 11:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Now everybody can become a democrat!

Posted by newc 2017-06-07 15:03|| 2017-06-07 15:03|| Front Page Top

#8 The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Posted by JHH 2017-06-07 15:11|| 2017-06-07 15:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Soon available for those served with Grand Jury and Congressional subpenas. The ~~Morning After Pill~~ I Don't Recall Pill will become popular among Washington residents.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-06-07 18:49|| 2017-06-07 18:49|| Front Page Top

#10 Propofol does this. "Milk of Amnesia" they call it.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2017-06-07 23:44|| 2017-06-07 23:44|| Front Page Top

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