Topic: 15% human

[Nemesis]

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Scientists have created the world's first human-sheep chimera - which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs.

He has already created a sheep liver which has a large proportion of human cells and eventually hopes to precisely match a sheep to a transplant patient, using their own stem cells to create their own flock of sheep.

The process would involve extracting stem cells from the donor's bone marrow and injecting them into the peritoneum of a sheep's foetus. When the lamb is born, two months later, it would have a liver, heart, lungs and brain that are partly human and available for transplant.

The process would involve extracting stem cells from the donor's bone marrow and injecting them into the peritoneum of a sheep's foetus. When the lamb is born, two months later, it would have a liver, heart, lungs and brain that are partly human and available for transplant.

But the development is likely to revive criticisms about scientists playing God, with the possibility of silent viruses, which are harmless in animals, being introduced into the human race.

Dr Patrick Dixon, an international lecturer on biological trends, warned: "Many silent viruses could create a biological nightmare in humans. Mutant animal viruses are a real threat, as we have seen with HIV."

Rise of the manimals?

How smart are/will be these sheep with partially human brains?

On a similar topic - Mice with human eyes.

Nathans and colleagues genetically altered mice by inserting a human gene that codes for the "L receptor" protein into the animals' DNA. This protein allows cells in the retina of the eye to respond to long wavelengths of light, which correspond to the reddish and orange hues that people perceive.

[Javora]

I'm waiting for some psycho to use this in a defense for raping sheep.  'Hey you can't convict me, their part human'      

[Nemesis]

I'm waiting for some psycho to use this in a defense for raping sheep.  'Hey you can't convict me, their part human'      

Not that part.

What happens if they use the same genetic process on a bonobo? 

[Centurus]

I'm waiting for some psycho to use this in a defense for raping sheep.  'Hey you can't convict me, their part human'      

Not that part.

What happens if they use the same genetic process on a bonobo? 

What about an elected official?  OMG, what would the world be if we had elected officials that were human, with some intelligence.  :-D

[Darth Sidious]

I for one welcome our new Part-Human, Part-Sheep Virus Transmission Vector Overlords

[Sirgod]

Much ado about Mutton.

Stephen

[Nemesis]

What about an elected official?  OMG, what would the world be if we had elected officials that were human, with some intelligence.  :-D

We are talking science not magic so stay in the realm of the possible here.

[Centurus]

What about an elected official?  OMG, what would the world be if we had elected officials that were human, with some intelligence.  :-D

We are talking science not magic so stay in the realm of the possible here.

So true.  :-D  +1

[Sirgod]

What about an elected official?  OMG, what would the world be if we had elected officials that were human, with some intelligence.  :-D

We are talking science not magic so stay in the realm of the possible here.

You Bleet me to it Nemesis.

Stephen

[Nemesis]

You are a baaad boy Stephen.