The phrase "alter the mouse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to changing settings or configurations for a computer mouse or in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "To improve your gaming experience, you may want to alter the mouse sensitivity in the settings."
Alternatives: "modify the mouse" or "adjust the mouse".
They genetically alter the mice before they are born and then, with scanners, watch what happens as a cancer develops in the expected organ — the prostate, in this case.
So alter the mice -- let's help cure disease -- but let's also take the opportunity to stop for a moment and reflect on what a memory is and isn't, and how we'd like to remember and be remembered.
In laboratory observations, bullfrogs taking mice usually swam underwater with prey in mouth, apparently with the advantageous result of altering the mouse's defense from counter-attack to struggling for air.
Altering the mouse genome by Cre-mediated recombination is one of the central technologies of modern mammalian genetics [1].
Remarkably, by genetically altering the mouse genome with single nucleotide precision, it is now possible to create mice with desired genetic modifications to assess gene function in healthy animals and in animal models for human diseases.
Biologists routinely alter the genes of mice, with methods that are not yet acceptable for making inheritable changes in people, but one day genetic engineers may figure out how to apply safe patches to the human biological software.
As apparent from Fig. 3, TOCP pre-treatment did not alter the responsiveness of the mice to formic acid exposure.
This intensive handling could alter the affective state of the mouse, producing effects on stress, anxiety and arousal that may alter cognitive performance [8,9].
This component may alter the behavior of this mouse strain when added to urine.
Irradiation did moreover not alter the running activity of mice during 4 weeks of voluntary wheel running.
