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Mice Created With Human Brain Cells

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the what-exactly-is-the-yuck-factor dept.

pin_gween writes "Scientists have added 100,000 human brain cells to mice in an effort to create realistic models of disorders like Parkinson's Disease. Although mice are 97.5 percent genetically identical to humans and it sounds like a large number, 100,000 only represents 0.1% of the number of cells in mice brains. FTA: 'It's true that there is a huge amount of similarity, but the differences are huge,' Snyder said. 'You will never ever have a little human trapped inside a mouse or monkey's body. [...] Researchers are nevertheless beginning to bump up against what bioethicists call the "yuck factor." 'The worry is if you humanize them too much you cross certain boundaries,' said David Magnus, director of the Stanford Medical Center for Biomedical Ethics. 'But I don't think this research comes even close to that.'"

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    1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. Re:well i think by FungosBauux · · Score: -1, Troll

    "'The worry is if you humanize them too much you cross certain boundaries,' said David Magnus, director of the Stanford Medical Center for Biomedical Ethics. 'But I don't think this research comes even close to that.'"

    Yes, certain boundaries. F#%$# you. Using other animals to experiences already is "certain boundaries".

    At least, they wont be too "human" and so, they will not destroy and kill other species only for fun. This right, we cannot give to any other animal, because we can easily lost our "superiority".

  4. Pity... by marcushnk · · Score: 0, Troll

    'You will never ever have a little human trapped inside a mouse or monkey's body.

    What a pity... we could do with a decent contender for the positions currently held by Bush/Blair/Howard.

    --
    "Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far
  5. "The worry is if you humanize them too much... by PhotoBoy · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...you cross certain boundaries."

    Personally I don't really like experimentation on animals, so you can try to dehumanise the animals being experimented as much as you want, it won't change my objections.