Scientists are implanting tiny HUMAN brains into rats

www.thesun.co.uk ^ | Updated: 8th November 2017, 3:26 pm | By Margi Murphy

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I thought human chimeric experimentation was outlawed?

[Red Badger]

I remember seeing that as a kid.

It sacred the crap outta me!..................

[Red Badger]

I think that involves eggs and implantation of DNA and such.............

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Chimera: In medicine, a person composed of two genetically distinct types of cells.

Mixing rat and human cells constitutes a chimera.

[huldah1776]

Love hamsters. Question, why are they giving rats “respect” when they don’t give pre-born humans respect? where did they get the brain tissue? Pre-born humans murdered by dismemberment?

[Red Badger]

Chimera: In medicine, a person composed of two genetically distinct types of cells.

Person, not rat..............

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Will grow up to look like Count Orlok.

[taxcontrol]

Great, that is what we really need - smarter rats

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It doesn’t matter if it’s a person. Mixing two cells from different organisms is a chimera.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)

[BuffaloJack]

Where are they getting these “human” brain cells to implant?

[Red Badger]

DC......................

[sparklite2]

[VietVet876]

This kind of stuff scares me. If you’re into it, I highly recommend a nifty bit of fiction published in 2015 entitled
“Mort(e)” by Robert Repino. You’ll never take your eyes off your pets after you finish the book.

[Salgak]

Hillary, are you pondering what **I'm** pondering ??

[GingisK]

Plenty of tiny little brains in Congress to go around. It doesn’t seem right to do that to mice, however, since they are already smarter than than the prospective donors.

[Fred Hayek]

Abbie Normal?

[fella]

The Secret Of NIMH"

[BigEdLB]

Ratitouille

[Trillian]

I just pictured that South Park episode where Mr. Garrison is chasing a genetically engineered mouse..