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Mice Created With Human Brain Cells
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| Dec 12 7:51 PM US/Eastern
| PAUL ELIAS
Posted on 12/13/2005 9:55:54 AM PST by Mr. K
By PAUL ELIAS AP Biotechnology Writer Dec 12 7:51 PM US/Eastern
SAN FRANCISCO - Add another creation to the strange scientific menagerie where animal species are being mixed together in ever more exotic combinations. Scientists announced Monday that they had created mice with small amounts of human brain cells in an effort to make realistic models of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
Led by Fred Gage of the Salk Institute in San Diego, the researchers created the mice by injecting about 100,000 human embryonic stem cells per mouse into the brains of 14-day-old rodent embryos.
Those mice were each born with about 0.1 percent of human cells in each of their heads, a trace amount that doesn't remotely come close to "humanizing" the rodents.
"This illustrate that injecting human stem cells into mouse brains doesn't restructure the brain," Gage said.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: embryonicstemcells; madscientists; moralabsolutes; pinkyandthebrain; staffingdnc; stemcells
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Pinky:"what are we going to do today Brain"
Brain:"Same thing we do every day- try to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!"
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posted on
12/13/2005 9:55:54 AM PST
by
Mr. K
To: JenB; TalonDJ
Ooooh...this could get interesting...
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posted on
12/13/2005 9:56:45 AM PST
by
RosieCotton
(NaNo Wordcount:: 50026)
To: Mr. K
Now awaiting wails from the "AH!!!! It's satanic!!!" crowd...
Five... four... three....
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posted on
12/13/2005 9:57:24 AM PST
by
orionblamblam
("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
To: Mr. K
These guys clearly never spent much time watching B movies.
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posted on
12/13/2005 9:57:52 AM PST
by
AndrewB
To: Mr. K
Hmmmm ... now that I think about it, our gerbil has a very intelligent expression. How long has this experiment been going on?
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posted on
12/13/2005 9:57:54 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
("You don't HAVE to be a fat pervert to speak out about eating too much and lack of morals." ~ LG)
To: AndrewB
yes! those are a CLEAR WARNING about the dangers of this type of stuff.
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posted on
12/13/2005 9:59:55 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help...)
To: RosieCotton
There go those nasty Democrats again. They really did it this time. They created in their own image what they think of the human race. Mice with human brains. Next they will create alligators with rabbits' tails to define themselves further.
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posted on
12/13/2005 10:00:04 AM PST
by
Doc91678
(Doc91678)
To: Mr. K
To quote Neal Boortz
Scientists at the Salk Institute in San Diego have succeeded in breeding mice human brain cells. It's all part of some research into Parkinson's disease. The mice were born with about 0.1% human brain cells in their heads. Mice with human brain cells? that 0.1% should be just about enough to force them to form a union. When they reach 18 in mouse years those that don't move to France will register to vote Democratic. ROTFL
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posted on
12/13/2005 10:00:09 AM PST
by
Ben Mugged
(Sins can be forgiven but stupid is forever.)
To: Mr. K
Nothing amazing here...we've had RATS with human brain cells for decades! LOL
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posted on
12/13/2005 10:00:33 AM PST
by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: Tax-chick
How long has this experiment been going on?
You mean mice with human brain cells? Good question -- how long
has the Democratic Party been around?
To: orionblamblam
I don't know about satanic -- but these are clearly mad scientists at work.
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posted on
12/13/2005 10:00:56 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: TheGhostOfTomPaine
:-). And interbreeding with gerbils ...
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posted on
12/13/2005 10:01:17 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
("You don't HAVE to be a fat pervert to speak out about eating too much and lack of morals." ~ LG)
To: kellynla
Dang, you beat me to it by 2 seconds!
To: Mr. K
To: Mr. K
This brings new meaning to: "Are you a mouse or a man?"
To: Mr. K
More DUmmie voters on the way!.......
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posted on
12/13/2005 10:04:32 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him)
To: orionblamblam
I'm actually waiting for the pro-life crowd. They used embryonic stem cells for this.
To: FBD
"Scientists announced Monday that they had created mice with small amounts of human brain cells...""Small amounts", huh.
...sure about that? {g}
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posted on
12/13/2005 10:05:46 AM PST
by
Landru
(If a sucker's born every minute, that's a lotta suckers.)
To: Mr. K
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posted on
12/13/2005 10:05:47 AM PST
by
CaptRon
(Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
To: OldPossum
Re post 15, my wife looked at that and told me the correct phrase is: "Are you a man or a mouse?" Sorry about that.
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