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Blending Mice and Men

Posted by michael on from the need-a-brain-for-my-master dept.

An anonymous reader sends in this piece about chimeras - not the ones with a THAC0 of 11, but a more general term meaning any multi-creature hybrid. A comprehensive look at the moral and scientific issues surrounding this area of biotech.

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  1. Morals? Wha? by aichpvee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ok, I don't see how morals come into it. But wtf would you want humans crossed with mice? To make people with rolling shit?

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  2. pesky, pesky ethics by Bambi+Dee · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    If the brains look as if they are taking on a distinctly human architecture a development that could hint at a glimmer of humanness [...]

    - such as making a conscious decision to imprison, mutilate, vivisect, shock, drug, kill, slice, dice and eat "other" mice?

    [...] they could be killed, he said.

    Ah, whew. For a moment I was worried they were being unethical or something.