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Cow-human cross embryo lives three days
The Herald Sun ^ | 04/03/2008 | Grant McArthur

Posted on 04/03/2008 5:14:26 AM PDT by dr.zaeus

HUMAN-cow embryos have been created in a world first at Newcastle University in England, hailed by the scientific community, but labelled "monstrous" by opponents.

A team has grown hybrid embryos after injecting human DNA into eggs taken from cows' ovaries, which had most of their genetic material removed...

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cows; geneticengineering; mad; madscientists; science; scientists; weirdscience
Considering how many hormones we already have from bovine sources, this makes sense.
1 posted on 04/03/2008 5:14:27 AM PDT by dr.zaeus
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To: dr.zaeus

One word .... Cowboy.

.....Bob


2 posted on 04/03/2008 5:16:44 AM PDT by Lokibob (Some people are like slinkys. Useless, but if you throw them down the stairs, you smile.)
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To: dr.zaeus
"Why, Son of Adam, don't you understand? A Centaur has a man-stomach and a horse-stomach. And of course both want breakfast. So first of all he has porridge and pavenders and kidneys and bacon and omelette and cold ham and toast and marmalade and coffee and beer. And after that he attends to the horse part of himself by grazing for an hour or so and finishing up with a hot mash, some oats, and a bag of sugar. That's why it's such a serious thing to ask a Centaur to stay for the week-end. A very serious thing indeed." -- Orruns, a Faun, The Silver Chair, Chapter 16

I'm sure the same thing applies to cow-human hybrids.

Cheers!

3 posted on 04/03/2008 5:19:59 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Lokibob
Mama don't let your sons grow up to be cowboys.

...and, does this do anything for bestiality when it grows up?

"You sure got a pretty udder."

Cheers!

4 posted on 04/03/2008 5:20:50 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: dr.zaeus

How about the infamous pigman on Seinfeld.


5 posted on 04/03/2008 5:39:57 AM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: dr.zaeus

I’m not sure I’m ready for 4 nipples per side.


6 posted on 04/03/2008 5:41:10 AM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: dr.zaeus
Minotaur and Ariadne

Minotaur -half-man half bull. Dwelling at the center of the Labyrinth located in Crete, Greece.
7 posted on 04/03/2008 5:50:34 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: dr.zaeus

Wrong on so many levels, words escape me.


8 posted on 04/03/2008 5:51:19 AM PDT by rintense (Daisy: Nov. 2nd, 1998 - March 28th, 2008)
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To: TomGuy

Yeah, I killed dozens of those guys last night while playing “Titan Quest”. ;)


9 posted on 04/03/2008 5:52:21 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: dr.zaeus
a "Mancow"?

I actually feel like puking it's so disgusting.

sw

10 posted on 04/03/2008 5:54:44 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: dr.zaeus

This isn’t news!

She’s running for President!


11 posted on 04/03/2008 5:55:34 AM PDT by G Larry (HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
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To: dr.zaeus

Boy, as if a normal teenager didn’t feel awkward enough in school, now they want to give them horns and a tail.


12 posted on 04/03/2008 6:01:56 AM PDT by swatbuznik
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13 posted on 04/03/2008 6:02:34 AM PDT by metesky ("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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To: dr.zaeus
Cow-human cross embryo lives

well that explains Hillary...

14 posted on 04/03/2008 6:11:42 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

Moo.


15 posted on 04/07/2008 11:09:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_____________________Profile updated Saturday, March 29, 2008)
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