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Human-animal clone research halted amid funding drought

telegraph.co.uk — Britain's research into the creation of human-animal clones has ground to a halt due to a lack of funding.

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  • Culero, on 01/14/2009, -1/+23manbearpig hybrid was so close....
  • Barackalypse, on 01/14/2009, -0/+18Remember that if you ever find yourself dying while waiting for an organ transplant, this has the potential to have saved everyone in that situation.
  • Harabeck, on 01/14/2009, -0/+16Idiot, they aren't making freakish monsters, they're taking material that would have never become a living being anyway and using it the make advanced cures that would save millions of lives.
  • sockpuppets, on 01/14/2009, -1/+16You had the #1 slot for a manbearpig reference and you blew it.
  • meekrob, on 01/13/2009, -3/+17Does this mean no half-shark-alligator-half-man?
  • sgiffy, on 01/13/2009, -2/+16Depends on if you ever plan on needing an organ transplant or treatment for any number of diseases.
  • sgiffy, on 01/13/2009, -1/+13Why? Our organs are not that much different from other mammals and with some genetic tweaking they can be made identical.

    thousands dies every year waiting for organs. I think many would choose a heart or liver grown in a cow over death. I know I would.
  • inactive, on 01/14/2009, -0/+12It's like a half man, half bear-pig!
  • Memnochxx, on 01/14/2009, -3/+13Maybe they could have given you a human-sheep brain and improved your IQ a few points.
  • djholybolt, on 01/14/2009, -0/+9Seriously! What a waste.
  • Harabeck, on 01/14/2009, -1/+10Did you even read the article? They're just using embryos to make stem cells.
  • vbullinger, on 01/14/2009, -0/+9Yes.
  • PityDaFool, on 01/14/2009, -1/+9Glad to know it wasn't due to lack of reason.
  • ChromaVita, on 01/14/2009, -0/+8After years of research, scientists finally breed Sheeple.
  • Harabeck, on 01/14/2009, -1/+8I reeeeeally wish people would actually read the article.
  • mhmandthen, on 01/14/2009, -0/+6It's more likely than you think.
  • Paulorific, on 01/13/2009, -3/+8We need more billionaires with no family to donate their entire fortune to science. Can you imagine what a 1 billion dollar donation for any kind of research would do?
  • OutpostNetwork, on 01/14/2009, -0/+5Darn, I was looking forward to seeing a minotaur. Stupid economy...
  • mannan87, on 01/13/2009, -2/+7Cat-dog isnt real! Nickelodeon Lies.
  • Ymeg, on 01/14/2009, -0/+5It's because these research facilities are not operating as businesses. They do not seek investments from private people; they just stick their hand out and accept government donations from taxes.
  • inactive, on 01/14/2009, -0/+5Banks, car dealerships...the Apocalypse. What's next to fall in this 21st century depression?
  • inactive, on 01/14/2009, -0/+5Pluripotent stem cells cannot grow into a whole person, only totipotent ones can.
  • fcruz1331, on 01/14/2009, -1/+6You accidentally the comment
  • spinur, on 01/14/2009, -0/+5Actually the real reason was the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells last year. Cybrids were a way to make human-like stem cells without using human embryos. But now we CAN turn your skin cells into stem cells. It turns out all it takes is turning on 4 genes that are normally turned off. We don't know yet if induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can do everything that embryonic stem cells can (i.e. grow into a whole person), but so far they can turn into any cell we know how to make in the lab.
  • inactive, on 01/14/2009, -1/+5DIAF
  • skid666, on 01/14/2009, -0/+4It's done a hell of a lot with aids research!
  • unknownpoltroon, on 01/14/2009, -0/+4Theyre not marketing it right. Its not animal human cloning, its making hot mermaids!
  • pe5t1lence, on 01/14/2009, -2/+6Now I will never have my humanzee! :'(
  • Degriz, on 01/14/2009, -0/+4Burried cos the Torygraph dont know ***** about science
  • grantmoore3d, on 01/14/2009, -1/+5God shmod, I want my monkey-man.
  • skippie, on 01/14/2009, -0/+3Have they tried asking Manticore for extra funding?
  • Petrie, on 01/14/2009, -0/+3No.
  • SocketNine3Nine, on 01/14/2009, -0/+3Geuss we won't be seeing Taurens IRL
  • 007kz, on 01/14/2009, -1/+4How much would Sega and Nintendo pay for a real-life Sonic and Fox? >_>
  • ivansusanin, on 01/14/2009, -2/+4a whole lot of not much
  • omgwtflawl, on 01/14/2009, -0/+2Government policy is what is keeping transplant lists in the first place. If the government allowed people to sell their organs, either while still alive (for their spare kidney), or posthumously (with the money going to their family), there would be no waiting list at all. Some have calculated that the government could pay people as much as $100,000 a pop for an organ and still come out in the black, due to the fact that they already pay for incredibly expensive dialysis for the patients.
  • zgf2022, on 01/14/2009, -0/+2D: All of the above.
  • shenmueguru, on 01/14/2009, -3/+5Dammit. I was really looking forward to manbearpig.
  • ThermiteTerrace, on 01/14/2009, -0/+2*****! I'm willing to start pitching in if it means that human-dogs will be real.
  • Mizzark, on 01/14/2009, -0/+2Mr. T, your comment tries to hard.
  • kotatsu, on 01/14/2009, -1/+3Try actually learning about what this research is before making such incredibly foolish comments about it. It has the potential to save many thousands of lives.
  • djholybolt, on 01/14/2009, -1/+3'It's like a half man, half bear, half pig!'
  • alenox, on 01/14/2009, -0/+2...but wait! if you order now, we'll also include your very own catwoman!!
  • vbullinger, on 01/15/2009, -0/+2Yeah, most forms eugenics do.
  • DannyBoy7783, on 01/14/2009, -0/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Young_Family ...
  • shalow1, on 01/14/2009, -0/+1kooooooooool keith!
  • DannyBoy7783, on 01/14/2009, -1/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Young_Family ...
  • AcePilot101, on 01/16/2009, -0/+1I wanted wings - so I could dump my garbage on the neighbors.
  • spinur, on 01/14/2009, -0/+1You're right, and no one's tried to turn iPS cells into a whole person, which is why they are called pluripotent instead of totipotent. My point was that iPS cells will at the very least do everything that cybrids do, and maybe more. The distinction between iPS and totipotent stem cells is a philosophical one until someone does that experiment (which would probably be unethical with human cells).
  • AcePilot101, on 01/16/2009, -0/+1butterfly girl?
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