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
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.â€
The main kinds of admixed embryo permitted by the Bill are “cytoplasmic hybrids†or “cybridsâ€, 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, [...]
Big Belly Fat Increases Odds of Dementia Later In Life
Posted on 26. Mar, 2008 by Daniel Taylor in Blog, Lifestyle, Videos
Well, it looks like I’m fucked. Guess I better enjoy life now before I turn into a complete vegetable piece of shit…er, I mean a senior suffering from dementia:
Having a big belly in your 40s can boost your risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia decades later, a new study suggests.
It’s not just about your weight. While previous research has found evidence that obesity in middle age raises the chances of developing dementia later, the new work found a separate risk from storing a lot of fat in the [...]
