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Scientists Successfully Turn Worm into Hermaphrodite (w/vid)

livescience.com — Female nematodes can be turned into hermaphrodites with the modification of just two genes, researchers reported in Friday's issue of the journal Science.

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  • pervy_the_clown, on 11/16/2009, -1/+28Any time I hear "nematodes" all I think about is "Doug"
  • Conguent, on 11/16/2009, -0/+17Well it's about ***** time.
  • TheBlueVulcan, on 11/16/2009, -2/+18They figured out how to make a penis, not a wallet.
  • artgon, on 11/16/2009, -0/+9Patty Mayonnaise?
  • Jasdar, on 11/16/2009, -0/+9Dugg for Doug.
  • fxu1989, on 11/16/2009, -1/+9So now they'll be making sandwiches AND eating them too?
  • pe5t1lence, on 11/16/2009, -3/+11Wormy Gaga?
  • hawarkarem, on 11/16/2009, -0/+7Curing cancer is getting boring now.
  • fragMasterFlash, on 11/16/2009, -0/+7WHY NOT?
  • jp0692, on 11/16/2009, -2/+8No, Lady Gaga worm
  • RyomaNagare, on 11/16/2009, -0/+4Quick bury this, before the Japanese find out about it.
  • piattorney, on 11/15/2009, -9/+13Nancy Pelosi will be pleased!
  • ApeInago, on 11/16/2009, -0/+4Still no cure for death either.
  • WoundedCow, on 11/16/2009, -3/+6Put that on your resume grad student, you'll get any job you want.
  • ftc08, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3Dugg for nostalgia.

    I named my first dog Doug.
  • Idiggapony, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3fap schlick fap schlick fap schlick
  • ftc08, on 11/16/2009, -0/+390% of Work-From-Home offers are scams.
  • LacY, on 11/16/2009, -0/+2Still no clue what the video had to do with the story, though...
  • ApeInago, on 11/16/2009, -1/+3what problems are you attempting to solve?
  • TyrelVnne, on 11/16/2009, -0/+2I've said it before and i'll say it again.
    I don't care what purpose it serves, but as long as their doing it, they got my support.
  • robwhite1979, on 11/15/2009, -5/+7Jamie Lee Curtis worm?
  • WeBsterNoyze, on 11/16/2009, -1/+3that video was AWESOME.
  • iheartbakon, on 11/16/2009, -1/+2That'll come in handy.
  • HelloUniverse, on 11/16/2009, -1/+2A supermodel indeed.
  • seeliyon, on 11/16/2009, -1/+2Now why would you want to DO something like that?
  • HOMEsplice, on 11/16/2009, -1/+2COOL!
  • wondertwins, on 11/16/2009, -1/+2Why the hell does the video sounds like from The Price is Right?
  • tgc1, on 11/16/2009, -1/+2Wow, all the worlds problems were solved already? Who knew?
  • jkash23686, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1hahah nice.
  • TyrelVnne, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1I'm guessing its like the worm thing, a small step towards something bigger. Only he seems to be trolling his way towards an answer.
  • demiz23, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1There is a little more going on in respects to a disease/disorder as broad and vague as cancer.
  • killOzap, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1"So while she doesn't have a brain, since when did that stop any supermodels?"
    Yup, that's about right.
  • kingofinternet, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1^here be retards.
  • Idiggapony, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1What do you mean, why? Dude, think about it. One day, you'll go to the doctor, get a shot, and grow yourself a new set of humongous boobs and a full set of female sexual organs to go along with what you got now. You'll never be bored again!
  • geoffderuiter, on 11/16/2009, -1/+2We are saved! Go science!
  • JohnnySoftware, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1but they're keeping those in the lab, right?
  • rustyrobot, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1^doesn't get it.
  • BrownieMix, on 11/16/2009, -1/+1That's really cool
  • monodelasno, on 11/16/2009, -1/+1Confirmation of Digger self pleasure
  • anthropodeus, on 11/16/2009, -1/+1i can't believe i'm the first one to comment on the fact that the video was completely unrelated to gender change that the article was about.
  • tahseenm, on 11/16/2009, -1/+1Lol, cus of the thumbnail, i read "Worm" as "Wormhole". So I was wondering how the hell a wormhole is anywhere near related to hermaphrodites.
  • gcnaddict, on 11/16/2009, -3/+3They've now just given the tools to women to eliminate all men.

    *****. There goes the world.
  • qazws, on 11/16/2009, -1/+1Slice the worm in half and now you have 2 worms.
  • Luvz2Fly, on 11/16/2009, -1/+1At Last!! ... Scientist create WORMHOLE!
  • bebouchard, on 11/16/2009, -1/+1Next up, scientists will attempt to turn Lady Gaga into a girl.
  • jkash23686, on 11/16/2009, -1/+1WHY?
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