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Scientists Create Sheep That Are 15 Percent Human

anthemaniac writes "Professor Esmail Zanjani and colleagues at the University of Nevada-Reno have created sheep that are 15 percent human at the cellular level. Half the organs in the sheep are human. The idea, of course, is to harvest those organs to transplant into human patients. From the article: 'He has already created a sheep liver which has a large proportion of human cells and eventually hopes to precisely match a sheep to a transplant patient, using their own stem cells to create their own flock of sheep.' One scientists worries, however, that the work could lead to new viruses that cross from animals to humans."

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  1. This worries me by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't figure out if it means we'll have more republicans or more democrats, but either way it worries me.

    1. Re:This worries me by errxn · · Score: 2, Funny

      Either that, or more journalists. I hear that they're about 15% human.

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    2. Re:This worries me by NMerriam · · Score: 4, Funny

      Are there really so many atheists on the internet


      it is admittedly disproportionate representation, since the true believers are still checking the Bible to figure out which of the Internets to sign up for.
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    3. Re:This worries me by had3l · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hah, in Soviet Russia, humans are 100% sheep.

    4. Re:This worries me by Frumious+Wombat · · Score: 2, Funny

      Neither. They'll all have matching black wool and berets, and become fine-arts majors expressing their individuality.

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    5. Re:This worries me by Mr2cents · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why don't you ask your sheppard?

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    6. Re:This worries me by apathy+maybe · · Score: 3, Funny

      You can't moderate this post either. 'Cause you posted. (Of course if I had mod points I could ..., but only 'cause I'm a coward.)

      FUCK GOD! Real geeks who want an imaginary friend believe in the Invisible Pink Unicorn.

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  2. I'm more worried ... by khasim · · Score: 4, Funny

    about its effects on the international haggis market.

    1. Re:I'm more worried ... by beckerist · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wait, I thought Scottish Farmers had been making these for AGES!

  3. Re:Sweet! by dattaway · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next we are going to have to send the sheep to public schools. And humans are going to complain that they are taking over our jobs.

  4. How to flirt with the sheeple by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, Lamby, you got any human in you?

    Just 15%? What do you say we make it 20?

    1. Re:How to flirt with the sheeple by Cervantes · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hey, Lamby, you got any human in you?

      Just 15%? What do you say we make it 15.2% ?


      Fixed that for you...

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    2. Re:How to flirt with the sheeple by bad_fx · · Score: 2, Funny

      You wouldn't happen to be Welsh would you....? :p

  5. At what percentage.. by myth24601 · · Score: 5, Funny

    When they get to 51% human can you marry them?

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    1. Re:At what percentage.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      You've obviously never met my ex-wife.

  6. Re:Sheep-Human disease transfer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Worse, consider the risks of venereal disease, particularly in Scotland.

  7. brings new meaning to by Kierthos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mary had a little lamb.

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    1. Re:brings new meaning to by Frumious+Wombat · · Score: 2, Funny

      I can't find the cartoon online, but about last summer Utne Reader ran a small cartoon of a sheep with a human face, and the caption,

      "And With Help From the Transpecies Movement, Mary Became a Little Lamb"

      In all seriousness, Sheep get prion diseases, which advance rather quickly. Am I going to have to be ready to put down my coworkers due to Scrapie?

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  8. THE most important question related to this topic! by IgLou · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok, if I ate a sheep that was 15% human would that make me 15% cannibal?

    And don't go looking at me like it hasn't crossed any of your minds!

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  9. Re:Now all we need... by winkydink · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey MacCloud, get off of my ewe!

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  10. sounds like a baaaaad idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    pun intended

  11. Agreed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's very baaaaaaaaaaad.

    *duck*

  12. No probaalem. by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't see a probaalem with doing this. It sounds useful and baaenificial.

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  13. Re:Don't give them brains... by boyko.at.netqos · · Score: 5, Funny

    If sheep have human brains, does that mean they can finally consent?

    I'm getting really ticked off at the whole "Baa means no!" crowd.

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  14. What this really means is... by ShagratTheTitleless · · Score: 1, Funny

    CowboyNeal's fetish just got 15% less creepy.

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  15. Re:THE most important question related to this top by glwtta · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ok, if I ate a sheep that was 15% human would that make me 15% cannibal?

    Even better - it's now possible to only be 85% pervert!

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  16. Re:Let see how we see "communists" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fuck ewe!

  17. Re:THE most important question related to this top by IgLou · · Score: 2, Funny

    Too true, this should make Haggis interesting.

    "Ok kids, guess which part is people!"

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  18. Re:Sweet! by buraianto · · Score: 5, Funny

    One has already been to school with Mary, though it was against the rules. It made the children laugh and play.

  19. bigger fear by mr_musan · · Score: 2, Funny

    never mind cross over viruses, what about sheep people !

  20. Obsessive Compulsive Comment by dubz · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new woolly overlords.

  21. Re:Sheep shagger jokes... by The+Great+Pretender · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean that sheep may eventually able to cook?

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  22. Sheep wool sweaters by snowleopard10101 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now in stores! Sweaters: 85% wool, 15% pubes.

  23. In other news... by had3l · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sheep Create Humans That Are Only 15 Percent Scientist.

  24. Re:Sheep shagger jokes... by MouseR · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's currently only 85% bestiality.

    And 15% screwed-up.

  25. Australians rejoyce by had3z · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because now, it will be easier than ever to get a date online: http://www.adultsheepfinder.com/

  26. Re:Sheep shagger jokes... by eyendall · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nothing wrong with me, I only screw female sheep.