Posted on 05/18/2016 4:48:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Yeah. Wrong, Pan flutes went out a long time ago.
Here’s a movie script just waiting to be written.
Puppy Monkey Baby!
Obama pelosi Hillary
Speaking as a scientist very familiar with this particular field of research, I have to say that this article is so badly written that it is difficult to determine what, exactly, this guy is doing. To be fair, if it included the kind of technical details I would like to see, I would be one of very few people who could actually understand it.
I think it would be nice if pigs could be used to grow human organs. There are a lot of problems with this, however. One is that all animals have retroviruses present in the genomes; in fact, a significant percentage of our DNA is actually virus DNA. There is a potential problem in that pig retroviruses could enter a human organ if it is grown in a pig—and we do not know what would happen. The pig virus could be pathogenic in a human. Another problem is that cells tend to move around—slowly, but they can move. So a human organ grown in a pig would almost certainly contain some pig cells. Pig cell surface receptors would be recognized as foreign by a human immune system. Thus, even if an organ were grown in a pig out of a patient’s own stem cells, that organ could contain pig cells which would trigger immune reaction and potential rejection.
I have seen some progress in growing organs in vitro, using plastic scaffolding to give the growing cells some structure. I grew tiny lungs to test lung function, but my tiny lungs were not even remotely at the point where they could be used therapeutically. However, I saw a presentation by someone growing blood vessels in vitro, vessels that functioned very much as they would in the body. Imagine replacing diseased arteries with fresh new vessels—so many lives could be saved!
One day, we will have true regenerative medicine. That day can’t come soon enough. The idea of organ transplantation is abhorrent to me—so abhorrent that I would choose to die rather than hope a health person dies so I can get their organs. But organs grown in vitro would have none of the moral issues—they could save lives without ever costing lives.
“Muslim men are particularly interested in sheep with more human-like lady parts”
no no no ... It’s not lady parts they are interested in.
The island of Dr. Moreau.
History of the human race in two acts:
1) What could possibly go wrong?
2) How was I supposed to know?
“Help me, Help meeeee”
“A handful of scientists around the United States are trying to do something that some people find disturbing: make embryos that are part human, part animal.”
No. It is more than disturbing. This cries to Heaven for judgement.
Yeah right, they're doing all this research and spending all
this money, just to destroy their abominable creations after 28 days.
Anyone who believes that, is extremely gullible.
HORROR show.
FYI - Catholic ping!
One again that crazy nut Alex Jones is proven right. He’s been talking about this for more than a decade.
That deserves being shouted from the housetops.
One doesn't know what to say anymore. I am shell-shocked by the pace of the insanity.
“What is the law?”
“Not to eat meat, that is the law. Are we not men?”
“Are we not men?”
“What is the law?”
“Not to go on all fours, that is the law. Are we not men?”
“Are we not men?”
“What is the law?
“Not to spill blood, that is the law. Are we not men?”
“Are we not men?”
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