Human fetus cells injected into baby mice to create ‘supermouse’

Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10:20AM GMT 04 Dec 2014 | Sarah Knapton

[Smokin' Joe]

Look out Pinky...

[DesertRhino]

Well that’s just -exactly- what we need right now/

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

[StormEye]

The Secret of NIMH ...

[rawcatslyentist]

As in the days of Noah.....

[babygene]

Maybe they need to into people of color /s

[skr]

Just because they can doesn’t mean they should.

[clearcarbon]

"Human fetus cells injected into baby mice to create ‘supermouse’"

Dr. Josef Mengele would be jealous of the educational and career opportunities offered by the University of Rochester Medical.

[Obadiah]

Wow, no kidding. Such hubris. Such arrogance of man.

[FredZarguna]

Dawn of the Planet of the Mice.

You read it here first...

[MaxMax]

Do those pests still come over on ships like the plague days?
You just know some fraternity punk who never grew up is going
to release a few. It's inevitable considering the human ego and the
want for legacy.

[RichInOC]

“Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering?”

“’Ow d’you think I got this way anyway, Bwain?”

[ScottinVA]

[TheThirdRuffian]

More likely a radical animal rights person than a frat boy.

[Politicalkiddo]

I have a feeling that this will not go well for the mice.

[CondorFlight]

“by injecting “glial” cells from donated human fetuses—left over from IVF “

“left over”?

Were the humans (not fetuses) asked if they
wanted to have their cells donated?

Were they thrown away because their only purpose was to provide cells for research?

Didn’t we try people at Nuremberg for that kind of thing?

So are we creating super mice but killing fetuses?

(Time for God to send the next Flood...)

[surroundedbyblue]

Wow. Just wow. So human beings (cuz that’s what those little IVF embryos are) were just destroyed? So cavalier. So arrogant. So evil.

[huldah1776]

an abomination worthy of the wrath of the LORD of hosts.

[grania]

just because they can do it doesn't mean they should

One of Crichtons (sp?) later (and best) novels, SPECIES, is an excellent cautionary look at the ramifications of splicing human with non-human genes. Once that starts, how does one define "human"?

Will someone with 10% gorilla or cheetah genes, for instance, be considered human and be able to compete in the Olympics? In his novel would someone half-human, have gorilla be a human or a pet?

Since it's possible, it will happen. The results could be real creepy for the future of the human race.