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To: Prime Choice
Hey Kiddo, this is not so far fetched as you might think! The "yuck factor" is alive and well in some stem cell/chimera research. There are some sheep on a farm near Reno NV where fetal lambs with human stem cells, mostly from human bone marrow. The claim is, upon examination of the sheep; it was discovered that the human cells had traveled with their lymphatic system throughout the sheep's body developing into blood, bone, liver, heart and assorted other cells, including some in the brain. What if these sheep began to show recognizably human parts on the outside - human limbs or genitals - this is known as the "yuck factor".

If you can partly humanize sheep, why not pigs....it is easy to see where this science can and does cross ethical lines.

24 posted on 08/13/2005 11:09:10 AM PDT by yoe
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To: yoe

If you can partly humanize sheep, why not pigs....it is easy to see where this science can and does cross ethical lines.

You are absolutely right, Hillery! would be tempted to
humanize democrats.


25 posted on 08/13/2005 1:20:28 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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