Life Imitates Sci-Fi (Again)

It took 47 years, but science is making Flowers for Algernon a reality. Headline in the LA Times reads, "Retarded Mice Get Smarter with Drug." The mice have Down Syndrome, and once treated, the mice perform as well as normal mice on tests of rodent intelligence. And, just as in the book (spoiler alert for the four people on this planet who were not compelled to read it in middle school):

Researchers said the drug took effect after several days. Once established, the improvements were long-lasting, although after three months the circuits in the brain showed a decline in activity, Garner said.