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Science Lesson
5 Sep 2007 23:03Right. Listen up, sciencephobes. The so-called "human-animal hybrids", given the go-ahead today by the regulatory authorities, are inspiring so much bullshit that something needs to be said. So - imagine this:-
That's pretty much what's happening with human cells being implanted in animal "eggs" with the genetic content removed. Scientists get funding based on practical results, not creating babies with horns and udders just for the fun of it, so please stop talking shite.
In development... Still forging ahead with "The Helfyre Legacy". It's taking a bit longer to get to the "proper" start of the story than expected, but the participants are lining up on the grid after the parade lap...
You go to the shops, and buy a birthday card, complete with an envelope. On returning home, you realise there's a vital letter you need to get in the post TODAY - but you don't have any envelopes... except for the one you got with the birthday card. You use the envelope...
...but does your letter turn into a birthday card on the way to its destination? Does it buggery.
That's pretty much what's happening with human cells being implanted in animal "eggs" with the genetic content removed. Scientists get funding based on practical results, not creating babies with horns and udders just for the fun of it, so please stop talking shite.
In development... Still forging ahead with "The Helfyre Legacy". It's taking a bit longer to get to the "proper" start of the story than expected, but the participants are lining up on the grid after the parade lap...
