http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7193820.stm

Oh science, you just love pushing those boundaries.

1/17/2008 3:55:34 PM

"God, Schmod! I want my monkey-man!"

- Bartholomew J Simpson

1/17/2008 3:57:02 PM

The alternative title to this thread would have been "Science to create Man Bear Pig"

1/17/2008 3:58:58 PM

If this is going to be the cool new thing of the future. I would like to see a man shark... kinda like these guys I saw in a cartoon once:

1/17/2008 4:00:49 PM

Quote :

"The embryos would then be destroyed within 14 days."

This will prevent a race of man-pigs from developing and eventually destroying us.

1/17/2008 4:03:34 PM

Oh man, I called this 2 weeks ago:

"cause you can mix a lot of sexual abominations but you can't mix incest and bestiality"

"I hope that eventually science will make it possible."

http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=508975&page=1#11101517

1/17/2008 4:06:26 PM

^ SERIOUSLY?!

I hope some sicko doctor decides not to destroy a batch of turtle-human hybrids. One day they'll become the coolest sewer dwelling crime fighters in the world!

1/17/2008 4:07:51 PM

Quote :

"It is already illegal to implant human-animal embryos in the womb or bring them to term."

Sorry to ruin the fun.

1/17/2008 4:20:00 PM

i fail to see the scientific value in this, it just seems like something to do just to say you did it.

1/17/2008 4:22:09 PM

Think of the furries, dude.

This is a dream come true for them.

(Once we get around the laws.)

Physical furries FTW.

1/17/2008 4:30:23 PM

Coming soon: The kangaroo dudes from Tank Girl!

Also: I can imagine that somebody's going to violate the law somewhere along the line with this research and cause a real problem. They'll find some way to bring SOMETHING to term and then, when the retarded thing falls out and dies, it shows up on the news and they get arrested. It could be the new thing to be afraid of! Renegade science!

1/17/2008 5:20:44 PM

I'm just waiting for the real life lab scene at the culmination of Alien:Resurrection

[Edited on January 18, 2008 at 10:52 AM. Reason : e]

1/18/2008 10:51:41 AM

sounds like a B scifi movie plot

1/18/2008 11:03:04 AM

these already exist and are very commonly used especially in neuroscience research (they are "brought to term" and are mice with a certain percentage of human neurons, but some have essentially entirely human neurons in the brain)

[Edited on January 18, 2008 at 11:26 AM. Reason : .]

1/18/2008 11:24:32 AM

Quote :

"It is already illegal to implant human-animal embryos in the womb or bring them to term."

Could we birth them from animals?

Could we birth humans from animals I wonder...

1/18/2008 12:42:09 PM

^ Ha. Nice rules lawyering. Maybe we could.

1/18/2008 2:05:52 PM

I just read Michael Crichton's Next


kind of a ridiculous book. every time i hear about transgenic animals, i just kind of

but then again, i really dont know a damn thing about GE

1/19/2008 1:02:59 AM