UK Scientists Create a Three-Parent Embryo 201
Troll-Under-D'Bridge writes "The BBC reports that British scientists have manufactured embryos containing genetic material from a man and two women. Under the procedure developed by scientists from Newcastle University, the nuclei from a father's sperm and a mother's egg are transferred into a second woman's egg 'from which the nucleus had been removed, but which retained its mitochondria.' The research, which may 'help mothers with rare genetic disorders have healthy children,' used embryos left over from in-vitro fertilization treatment."
Wow . . . (Score:5, Funny)
So Heather REALLY HAS two mommies!
They've Finally Done It. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:More nonsense use to justify immoral action (Score:5, Funny)
I have severe moral issues with people who think that morality is anything more than an arbitrary human construct largely defined by unconscious mental process shaped by evolution, thus making axiology a faux endeavor, you insensitive clod!
Ménage à trois (Score:3, Funny)
A very scientific, high tech, in vitro ménage à trois.
Re:Ménage à trois (Score:5, Funny)
I prefer the old fashioned way of combining the genetic material of a man and two women personally.
Re:Wow . . . (Score:5, Funny)
Nah - just double the headaches, and a 'honeydo' list that's twice as long.
Re:They've Finally Done It. (Score:1, Funny)
Just wait until they ruin the G-Spot
http://xkcd.com/685/ [xkcd.com]
Re:More nonsense use to justify immoral action (Score:5, Funny)
Did you mean to say "I don't like this." ?
Please don't joke. I think I have three parents. (Score:1, Funny)
My mother is Oriental, since she is from Hong Kong. My father is a white European Jew from Latvia. I'm their biological child, however I'm black like an African. My chums used to joke that I was Angolan.
My parents and the doctors were very surprised when I came out of the womb and I looked like neither of my parents. My mother swears that she has never had intimate relations with a black man.
I'm religious, so I've always considered it a gift directly from God. I think of Him as my Second Father.
So how would this affect ability to use the force? (Score:2, Funny)
Anakin Skywalker's mother, for instance.
non-high midichlorin femaile character, like... not Princess Leia, she clearly has midichlorins. Were there any other females in those movies?
from Han Solo. Or, god forbid, Jar Jar Binks. So, basically, because of the importance of this midichlorinal DNA, Jar Jar could be given Jedi powers? That is messed up.
Re:Three parents? Not really. (Score:2, Funny)
Sure, if I replace the word "identical" with "very different".
Re:Really? (Score:3, Funny)
Kids with spam for genetic material?
I'm sure Hormel has that patented. :)
Re:You FAIL iT.. (Score:3, Funny)
Last time they tried that I was a wiseguy and submitted a turing machine which would halt iff the collatz conjecture was true. Next thing you know, Slashdot went down trying to verify whether the thing halted. I don't think my post ever made it either.
Re:Wow . . . (Score:2, Funny)
Re:They've Finally Done It. (Score:3, Funny)
The real winners ... (Score:2, Funny)