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UK's first hybrid embryos created

PuddleRiver

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Ok, this is really icky. I don't like this at all.
 

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Dubious use of the word hybrid, IMO. There is no splice or mix of genetic material between species. This type of "cell shell" growth technique has been around for some time.

That said, I have mixed thoughts and feelings on this. Not the fact it is being done with human parts - the fact that this "cell shell" growth technique is done at all.


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I don't see anything problematic with the idea, so far... it's not as if the current goal is to create a human-cow hybrid with unprecedented milking potential... now that would be a curious thing to happen!
 

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So basically the cow eggs act as incubators for the human DNA? Disturbing, but logical and efficient.
 

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I don't see the big deal. We, as a species, over produce fertilisable material in the billions. Women lose eggs every month, and men billions of sperm. If it can be made useful for a few days and find a cure to large scale killers of adult humans, that for me far outweighs the harm of destroying pinhead sized clusters of cells that are no more capable of feeling pain or sentience than the hair we shave off, or the cells we destroy when we pierce an ear.

The key thing is controls. I'm pleased to say that the UK government is having a full scale vote about this in the Parliament, and that the Prime Minister has given permission for a free vote (ie, he won't ask his party members to back the party, they can vote with their underlying opinion).
 

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Well my first reaction was what day was it in the news!

And yep I was right, 1st Of April.

I'm suspisous.
 

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Well my first reaction was what day was it in the news!

And yep I was right, 1st Of April.

I'm suspisous.

Nah, there is lots of discussion about this in March and Catholic Church "outrage" over the Easter weekend.
 

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Weren't they talking awhile ago about creating human/pig hybrids for the purpose of harvesting for organ transplants?

It's probably totally unrelated, but I do wonder if such a thing is possible, and if it is, then is it ethical?
 

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think of the possibilities

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This is on TV and radio... I don't understand why this is causing such a stir-up. Hardly anything new...

picture of mouse human hybrid I bet most of you have seen this way back... :rolli:

It's best to call it chimera rather than hybrid. You would think a hybrid is functional... this embryo is sure not.
 

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Very, very interesting idea. I'd love to see the little bird hybrid go up. But the law and government, coupled with religion will always be obstacles in the field of science.

@nightning: but if that was so old, this is the future. We could actually observe a possible hybrid growing.
 

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So, one step closer to Kramer's fear that there will be a slave class of Pigmen.
 

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With new discoveries in science, how we will use and treat them will also pose a question. Would it be right to use hybrids as slaves, because they are part human? Would they be ab experiments, or would people fight for their rights? I'm pretty sure the animal/instinctive part of their brains would be higher than the logical part.
 

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Would it be right to use hybrids as slaves, because they are part human?

No.

Would they be ab experiments, or would people fight for their rights?

This person will.

I'm pretty sure the animal/instinctive part of their brains would be higher than the logical part.


If they are even part human, this point is not relevant in my opinion.
 
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