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Guided By His Inner Compass

  By Robin Mejia

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The mouse looks fine as Mario Capecchi holds it in his palm for 
the TV crew to shoot. You'd never know the animal has a condition analogous to human obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

In fact, you'd be more likely to think that maybe Capecchi does. As he describes the mouse's obsessive grooming habits, he mimics them for the camera, his hands doing half the explaining for him.

Illustration: Brett Ryder

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