Britain approves research on human/animal hybrid embryos

[The Lizard]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070905/sc_nm/britain_embryo_dc

LONDON (Reuters) - British regulators decided on Wednesday to permit in principle the creation of hybrid human-animal embryos for research into illnesses such as Parkinson's, Motor Neurone Disease and Alzheimer's.

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) said it had agreed to allow a specific kind of inter-species hybrid, created by injecting human DNA into a hollowed-out animal egg cell.

The resulting "cytoplasmic hybrid" embryo, or "cybrid" would be 99.9 percent human and 0.1 percent animal.

The HFEA is believed to be the first regulator in the world to explicitly approve such human-animal embryos, a spokeswoman for the authority said.

Yup, lizard-men and werewolves are right around the corner...

 

[Poetic Chaos]

Probably just people with night vision but that's as cool as it needs to get anyway.

 

[PLAS]

next thing you know, flippers to anyone willing to pay for them

 

[The Lizard]

next thing you know, flippers to anyone willing to pay for them

And maybe much worse...

 

[Matt]

Crab people. Crab people. Look like crab. Talk like people.

 

[Electrix]

This just means the Welsh can **** their sheep and it be for 'scientific reasons'

 

[The Lizard]

^ Speaking of the Welsh, I hope Ryoko sees that little comment and comes looking for revenge.

 

[Matt]

I miss Ryoko

 

[PLAS]

And maybe much worse...

I'd settle for flippers

 

[The Lizard]

I miss Ryoko

Apparently she's still around some, but I never see her.

 

[Mike_D202]

haha, weird. this reminds me of the batman beyond epsiodes where gene splicing with animals was just as common as tattoos.

 

[SuperMonkey]

nice.

 

[SuperMonkey]

I guess its ironic that I was listening to Bad Moon Rising just before I clicked on this thread, and Beast Boys just before that?

 

[PLAS]

I guess its ironic that I was listening to Bad Moon Rising just before I clicked on this thread, and Beast Boys just before that?

and your name is SuperMonkey

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

I miss Ryoko

i talk to her quite often at dev art, she's doing well

 

[The Question]

Well, the Furrie lovers will certainly be happy.

 

[The Squirrel]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070905/sc_nm/britain_embryo_dc




Yup, lizard-men and werewolves are right around the corner...

I want angel wings!

 

[Mike_D202]

...do I sense a new porn fetish on the horizon?

 

[The Question]

...do I sense a new porn fetish on the horizon?

It already exists. Except, now it'll be for reals, instead of just drawings.

 

[SWAT]

The Island of Dr. Moreau... anyone?

 

[Space Moose]

I want night vision!!!! NOW!!!

And maybe pussycat feet...

 

[Argyle of Sock]

I always wanted one of those bioluminescent jellyfish/bunnies as a pet. So now that I come to think about it, it'd be pretty cool to be bioluminsecent myself.

 

[Argyle of Sock]

Actually, what I REALLY want to do is clone myself and raise my clone as my kid just to prove to my parents that I could raise me better than they raised me. Do I have problems? Possibly...

 

[Space Moose]

Actually, what I REALLY want to do is clone myself and raise my clone as my kid just to prove to my parents that I could raise me better than they raised me. Do I have problems? Possibly...

Or clone myself but as the same age I am now and send him to class everyday while I kick back and watch Prison Break and play Resident Evil.

 

[The Squirrel]

Or clone myself but as the same age I am now and send him to class everyday while I kick back and watch Prison Break and play Resident Evil.

STAY IN SCHOOL!