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Japan to Allow Human-Nonhuman Mixed Cloning

Sara Chan writes: "Japan has decided to allow combined human-animal embryos to be produced through cloning, which could result in mixed-species creatures. The intended purpose is to permit transplant organs to be produced in specially-bred animals. The original story is in a Japanese newspaper, but you can get an English summary here."

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  1. CAN ANYONE SAY MAD SCIENTIST? by Stone+Rhino · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post!

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    1. Re:CAN ANYONE SAY MAD SCIENTIST? by Stone+Rhino · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      This got modded down within thirty seconds of posting. So much for my rush to get first post. But anyway, this does raise serious ethical questions if someone is creating human animal hybrids. Also, does this mean that we can breed a "Manimal?"

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    2. Re:CAN ANYONE SAY MAD SCIENTIST? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      hocus pokus, mijn vette piet zit in je poepgaatje!

    3. Re:CAN ANYONE SAY MAD SCIENTIST? by Stone+Rhino · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      oh, and now my karma is at negative two...grrrrrrrr

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    4. Re:CAN ANYONE SAY MAD SCIENTIST? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hallo daar, jij lekkere kerel!

      Ben je boos? :(

      Geen nood, je mag heus de gesmolten Gouda uit mijn aarsie likken hoor!

      Nou sjeg, daar houden wij gekke Nederlanders toch echt wel van!

  2. Well thats a good idea... by s88 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    really. it is.
    i can't see anythign going wrong with that.

  3. first poop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    stupid motherfucking slashdot

  4. First post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Muthafukkaz

  5. Re:Cat women! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and we cant forget the tentacle monsters to rape the cat girls, now can we?

  6. help!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nou sjeg, mijn vingers zitten vast in mijn poepgaatje!

    Wat een gekke Nederlander ben ik toch!

    Nou moe, dit is pas bout!

  7. MOD THIS PUNK UP!!! ^^^^^^^^^^ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is hilarious!

  8. attn moderator: YHBT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you just modded up a racist troll. nice work!

  9. From an American perspective by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tony Blair is looking awefully good right now.

  10. Kat-meisjes! (official dutch Cat Girls thread) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Daar hou ik niet zo van hoor!

    Ik hou meer van kat-JONGENS!!

    Ik ben immers een gekke Nederlander!

  11. Re:Terrible idea by tps12 · · Score: 3, Offtopic
    The people who promote these schemes in the name of science should not be allowed to claim (as they usually do) that opposition is due to ignorance and superstition.

    Should not be allowed to? Don't you think it is remotely possible that opposition to a given technology may be based on ignorance and superstition? A great example of this might be your mentioning Three Mile Island. You may not be aware of this, but Three Mile Island was not a disaster. The safety systems worked as designed, and very little radiation was leaked. The Chernobyl accident has been shown to have been caused by incompetency on the parts of the plant operators. This is far from any "intrinsic" danger in nuclear power. In fact, nuclear power is economical. It is also the most environmentally clean power source in places where space limitations prevent things like hydroelectric and wind power. Further, the irrational fear of nuclear-anything means that most Americans miss out on some important technologies: for example, all of the E coli outbreaks of the last decade could have been prevented through irradiation. Restaurants could serve medium rare burgers again.

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  12. Re:won't fly in the USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What are the moderators thinking? This is offtopic? This is a relevant and accurate comment. Somebody with mod points, please mod the parent up.

  13. Troll? WTF??! by autopr0n · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is horrendous moderation.

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  14. ooohk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what is wrong with the editors here? ananova is half crap/half more crap. why dont you just stick to posting emails from afghanistan..

  15. Re:Repeat after me... by b0rken · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    The problem with this sort of rationalization of the bible is that there's no support in the text for any of these odd interpretations of "this generation". If I were to go willy-nilly through your Sacred Text, and add qualifiers like "this kind of thing", who knows what weird religion you'd soon be following!

    On the other hand, it's quite common for religious leaders to predict the End of the World within their lifetime---and they're invariably wrong! Some of them just slink off into a hole somewhere, others convince their followers that they were actually predicting a different End of the World all along.

    I think the person we're talking about here is one of the more slick-tongued variety.

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  16. Re:won't fly in the USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And maybe you need to get laid.

  17. Re:It has to be said... by Pseudonym · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That's why sheep don't so much fly as plummet.

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