UK Approves Human-Pig Embryo Stem-Cell Harvest

An anonymous reader writes "British biologists have received government approval to create the world's first human stem cells from hybrid embryos, part pig, part human. The Warwick Medical School team, led by Justin St. John of the Clinical Sciences Research Institute, was granted the country's third animal-human embryo license from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, which goes into effect today (July 1)." The above link requires (free) registration; the Telegraph's coverage does not.

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Quick, someone warn Al Gore, we will need his help

[krnpimpsta]

This is why I voted for Al Gore. He knew about this all along. Right now it's just half pig, half man; but soon it will be half man, half bear, and half pig. ManBearPig is real.