Originally posted by: UzairH
Wow I can't believe how callous and uncorned some of you sound. C'mon people this is serious. Imagine a human brain inside a chimp. Like the article says, would that chimp be a human with all the associated rights?
Originally posted by: quakefiend420
Originally posted by: Actaeon
I foresee Trigens in our future!
LOL...i was thinking that, myself...i just beat that game yesterday
Originally posted by: ironcrotch
This thread needs more :camera:'s!
Originally posted by: CyraKrin
anyone else thinking of the professors chimp on futurama? I'm all for science for the betterment of mankind, but the only hybrids I want to see are the ones on the highways.
Originally posted by: jjones
Next thing you know, some mouse is going to be plotting to take over the world.
Less invasive to whom? They consider artificial prostheses less invasive then these hybrid experiments? I can't imagine that computer modeling is equally promising to working with tissue that looks and behaves exactly like human tissue. Nanotechnology is billed as the savior to the worlds problems and is being applied to everything from fuel systems to semiconductors. At this point it's still a pipe dream.Originally posted by: UzairH
The experiments are designed to advance medical research. Indeed, a growing number of genetic engineers argue that human-animal hybrids will usher in a golden era of medicine. Researchers say that the more humanised they can make research animals, the better able they will be to model the progression of human diseases, test new drugs, and harvest tissues and organs for transplantation. What they fail to mention is that there are equally promising and less invasive alternatives to these bizarre experiments, including computer modeling, in vitro tissue culture, nanotechnology, and prostheses to substitute for human tissue and organs.
Imagine bringing the girlfriend home to meet mom and dad.The possibilities are mind-boggling. For example, what if human stem cells - the primordial cells that turn into the body's 200 or so cell types - were to be injected into an animal embryo and spread throughout the animal's body into every organ? Some human cells could migrate to the testes and ovaries where they could grow into human sperm and eggs. If two of the chimeric mice were to mate, they could potentially conceive a human embryo. If the human embryo were to be removed and implanted in a human womb, the resulting human baby's biological parents would have been mice.
Originally posted by: jjones
Next thing you know, some mouse is going to be plotting to take over the world.
Originally posted by: UzairH
Some researchers are speculating about human-chimpanzee chimeras - creating a humanzee. This would be the ideal laboratory research animal because chimpanzees are so closely related to us. Chimps share 98% of the human genome, and a fully mature chimp has the equivalent mental abilities and consciousness of a four-year-old human.
Fusing a human and chimpanzee embryo - which researchers say is feasible - could produce a creature so human that questions regarding its moral and legal status would throw 4,000 years of ethics into chaos. Would such a creature enjoy human rights? Would it have to pass some kind of "humanness" test to win its freedom? Would it be forced into doing menial labour or be used to perform dangerous activities?
Originally posted by: SunnyD
Originally posted by: jjones
Next thing you know, some mouse is going to be plotting to take over the world.
NARF!
Originally posted by: Arkitech
alright, I want wings
screw traffic I'm flying to work from now on
Scientists injected human brain cells into mouse foetuses, creating a strain of mice that were approximately 1% human. Weissman is considering a follow-up that would produce mice whose brains are 100% human.
Originally posted by: Arkitech
alright, I want wings
screw traffic I'm flying to work from now on