Scientists Create Sheep That Are 15 Percent Human 475
anthemaniac writes "Professor Esmail Zanjani and colleagues at the University of Nevada-Reno have created sheep that are 15 percent human at the cellular level. Half the organs in the sheep are human. The idea, of course, is to harvest those organs to transplant into human patients. From the article: '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.' One scientists worries, however, that the work could lead to new viruses that cross from animals to humans."
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Just 15%? What do you say we make it 20?
At what percentage.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:At what percentage.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Sheep-Human disease transfer? (Score:2, Funny)
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And don't go looking at me like it hasn't crossed any of your minds!
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sounds like a baaaaad idea (Score:1, Funny)
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*duck*
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it is admittedly disproportionate representation, since the true believers are still checking the Bible to figure out which of the Internets to sign up for.
Re:Don't give them brains... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm getting really ticked off at the whole "Baa means no!" crowd.
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Just 15%? What do you say we make it 15.2% ?
Fixed that for you...
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"And With Help From the Transpecies Movement, Mary Became a Little Lamb"
In all seriousness, Sheep get prion diseases, which advance rather quickly. Am I going to have to be ready to put down my coworkers due to Scrapie [wikipedia.org]?
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Even better - it's now possible to only be 85% pervert!
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"Ok kids, guess which part is people!"
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Re:Sheep shagger jokes... (Score:3, Funny)
Sheep wool sweaters (Score:2, Funny)
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And 15% screwed-up.
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FUCK GOD! Real geeks who want an imaginary friend believe in the Invisible Pink Unicorn.