Tuesday, 9th February 2010

Scientists In The UK Can Now Breed Manimals

Posted on 20. May, 2008 by Ms. Nickels in Blog, Environment, How's Business, Internet, Lifestyle, Science, Technology

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Scientists In The UK Can Now Breed Manimals

Scientists in the UK can now legally combine human and animal embryos. Manimals. Why? For the sake of finding cures for diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

From Times Online:

The Minister admitted that the Bill was not a promise that cures for diseases could be found. “It is an aspiration that it may.”

The main kinds of admixed embryo permitted by the Bill are “cytoplasmic hybrids” or “cybrids”, which are made by moving a human nucleus into an empty animal egg. These are genetically 99.9 per cent human. As well as true hybrids, it also allows chimeras that combine human and animal cells, and transgenic human embryos that include a little animal DNA.

Of course, they can't really (legally) grow a mermaid or centaur or whatever weird manimal (yet). Scientists can only cultivate the embryos for 14 days, and it is illegal to transfer them into a human or animal womb. BUT, rules were made to be broken and chances are if they make it illegal, someone will do it. Mother nature, prepare to be f*cked with.

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5 Responses to “Scientists In The UK Can Now Breed Manimals”

  1. mark cooper 17 July 2008 at 9:06 am #

    ..and when they do, I want to meet her!

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  2. Anonymous 13 September 2009 at 4:54 am #

    omg imagine doin her doggiestyle all nite

    YER I WENT THERE N I TOOK PHOTOS, CAME BAK N MADE A SCRAPBOOK WITH EM

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  3. Phil 14 September 2009 at 6:25 pm #

    Yay for science. The intent here was not to create a hybrid, it was meant to provide the possibility of a cure if possible for a disease.

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