Human/animal embryos

Anyone read the Times article about a team at Newcastle Uni that have created an animal/human embryo?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3663033.ece
The American comments are barmy but make for a funny read!

I’m in full support of the research

This is th beginning of the end for us. This is the reason God destroyed Atlantis. Where do you think the creatures in Greek mythology came from?

William, Pearl City, USA/Hawaii

Please say this is April Fools and not reality, Lord forgive us.....

Jonesy, Big Bear Lake, California, USA

It is now that we hear the death rattle of civilization.

Ring the bells of mourning and death of all that is good in the world.

Omeca, virginia beach, VA, USA

Seems I read in the Bible this exact senario, The End IS near!! You are all fools to play GOD!

JJ, Kalispell, mt

When you play God you anger God! Romans 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Bill, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

God help us.

edwina , vancleave, ms

Those with religious objections should sign a pledge not to benefit from any discoveries which might result and allow us who believe this is morally proper benefit. I object to some religion being applied to me.

Charles Pooley, Mojave, CA

The gods are going to take revenge for messing with their handiwork.

[SoulKiss]

LOL @ the Septics.....

On another note from the article - its easy to see why the recipient of the London License to do this kind of reserach got into this line.

Well with his name, artificial insemination might be his only change of having a kid.

Originally Posted by Article

The other went to a team at King’s College London, led by Professor Stephen Minger.

hehe.

We're all doomed! DOOMED!

The problem here is that the scientists are adamant that it will help research into horrible diseases, but they are very coy about saying how. No explanations offered, at leat none in intelligible language.

Personally I don't much like the idea but then I don't much like marmite, and yet I'm told it's good for me.

Don't give an apeman
can do what they like.

[yorkie_chris]

Don't care what this is for, it's worth doing it to wind the yanks up!


Look in the comments, someone rang nortumbria police and asked if they're going to be prosecuting ... ffs ... he's the one needs doing for wasting police time!

So, the point of mixing animal and human embryos is to help find a cure for diseases? Where did they get the idea in the first place that this may work?? I'm a little confused by it all. I take it im not going to see a cow walking on two legs going about daily human life??!!

It's far from creating human/animal hybrids.

"top level" (I hate that terminology - used by bosses to disguise the fact it means 'as simple as possible' ) they're using an animal egg, putting human DNA in it and creating human embryos. These human embryos can be used for medical research; especially in to 'stem cell' research. The reason for doing it this way is that human eggs are hard to come by so an animal egg is being used as a host.

It's more willy waving than anything amazingly useful.

Aggghhh i see. Phew, for a minute there I thought id be seeing all kinds of strange things!

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

It's far from creating human/animal hybrids.

See, Kate didn't know what was going on, either - the scientists simply haven't explained what they're up to, so everyone thinks that we'll be seeing Frankenstein walking down the street. About time they came clean, I think.