Do You Constantly Feel Bored and Let Down by the Stem Cell Controversy?! Shouldn't Humankind be Fooling Around More Playfully With the Fabric of his/her Own Existence?!:British researchers say they have created embryos using human cells and the egg cells of cows, but said such experiments would not lead to hybrid human-animal babies, or even to direct medical therapies.
Dr. Lyle Armstrong of Newcastle University presented preliminary data on his work to Israel's parliament last week, Newcastle University said in a statement released on Tuesday.
They said they had hollowed out the egg cells of cattle and inserted human DNA to create a growing embryo. The hope would be to take it apart to get embryonic stem cells.
Full article here.
Nothing funny going on here, we just made HUMAN COW CHIMERAS. But don't worry! They can't grow up! Ha ha ha... So, okay, it's not quite a cowperson. It's just a human stem cell encased in a cow egg "shell" of sorts that can't develop too far before it dies. Super!
The idea is to practice with these cow eggs without wasting human eggs, which are understandably in high demand for creating, well, babies. Interestingly, this crazy shit is all part of the process involved in learning to make stem cells do what we want so that we can have awesome things like total limb regeneration and mending spinal cords.
But I do still feel a little bad for the poor little freak cowpeople. They're so pitiful they can't even become real organisms. ...And if they did, man would they be pissed.
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