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At Long Last, Mice Produce Sperm From Monkeys

Posted by timothy on from the not-this-monkey dept.

Hoon Mihn Fao writes "The BBC Reports: 'Mice have been used to produce viable monkey sperm using tissue transplanted from the testes of macaques. The U.S. scientists involved say their work might one day help to conserve animals that are facing extinction.'"

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  1. Wow! Look at them go! by TrebleJunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Those mice are f*cking like monk-- oh, wait.

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    Ed R.Zahurak

    You know, oblivion keeps looking better every day.

  2. Re:Jokes.... tooo many!! can't take it by blamanj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly the Python insult "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries" is closer to becoming s statement of fact.

  3. I can't resist the joke here... by Xentor · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It might also be possible to grow human sperm in mice, although the team agree this would be a controversial move."

    GUARD 1: It's not a question of whether it's controversial! It's a simple question of size ratios! A five-inch mouse cannot carry a one-foot human baby!

    GUARD 2: Well suppose two mice carried it together

    -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Adapted)

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    "The amount of intelligence on this planet is a constant. The population is growing." -Cole's Axiom