This reminds me of "The Secret Of NIMH".

NIMH or Pinky and the Brain

They're Pinky and The Brain Yes Pinky and The Brain One is a genius The other's insane
They're laboratory mice Their genes have been spliced They're Pinky They're Pinky and The Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain Brain
Before each night is done Their plan will be unfurled By the dawning of the sun They'll take over the world
They're Pinky and The Brain Yes Pinky and The Brain Their twilight campaign Is easy to explain
To prove their mousey worth They'll overthrow the Earth They're Pinky They're Pinky and The Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
Narf!

Are these people NUTZ??? They're going to create walking, talking mice... kinda like Mickey but maybe not so benign! If these things ever escape from the lab they could reproduce and take over the world! What next, applying the same experiment to Chimps? Oh Boy! It would be Hollywood fantasy come to real life. Idiots at Duke!

So you can make nearly any animal have the potential to be sentient what a can of worms that is/will be.

94%... that other 6% makes us light years apart. We share 50% of our DNA with bananas.

Monstrous!!!

A mouse with a big brain is amazing in potential but on its own isnt anything to scream about it wont learn to talk or think like us due to their tiny life spans, a mouse does well with its brain because thats the brain it evolved, a human brain is diffrent it takes much longer to reach a state where constant protection is unneccasary a human couldnt walk by the time a mouse has lived a full life

The article has a mistake, humans and chimps share 99% of their DNA. Gizmag, let's be thorough please!