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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. Re:Sweet! by PitaBred · · Score: 0, Troll

    Naah. Let's do them justice, homeschool them on Creationism ;) They are sheeple, after all... we wouldn't want them to start thinking on their own.

  2. Re:This worries me by aristotle-dude · · Score: 0, Troll

    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. Right, so that would mean that you are talking to yourselves? Stupidity tends to be the result of a combination of genetic factors and upbringing where the former tends to have the most pronounced effect. It has nothing to do with what you believe in. The internet is an echo chamber where the emptiest pots make the most noise. This is precisely what I was was trying to get at. The most vocal atheists on the internet also seem to have the least amount of personal knowledge of the religions they attack. The fear you feel right now is fuelled by your own ignorance.
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