Decius wrote:

Scientists have created the world's first human-sheep chimera - which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs.

The purpose is making vital organs viable for transplantation into humans. Its an idea that could save lives, but I presume serious vegitarians wouldn't take such an organ. One wonders if this process has any impact on the sheep's brain. The comments in the thread here are entertaining... This is certainly a subject that bristles hairs in bioethics circles. The article states:

When the lamb is born, two months later, it would have a liver, heart, lungs and brain that are partly human and available for transplant.

Now, obviously the brain would not be available for transplant, so its not clear exactly what this sentence means. One also wonders, if they are using adult stem cells, if those cells are not already typed, allowing them to control which organs actually end up containing human content.

I donno Tom..

I think the conspiracy has pulled the wool (note the pun) over your eyes.

Humans + Sheep = Perfect Consumer

And that doesn't even take into account that if we start growing wool coats, we can lower our energy usage, and hence better position ourselves against our enemies abroad.

Just count the sheep Tom.. Just count the sheep.. Baahhh...

Rattle wrote:

The purpose is making vital organs viable for transplantation into humans. Its an idea that could save lives, but I presume vegitarians wouldn't take such an organ. One wonders if this process has any impact on the sheep's brain. The comments in the thread here are entertaining... This is certainly a subject that bristles hairs in bioethics circles.

I donno Tom..

I think the conspiracy has pulled the wool (note the pun) over your eyes.

Humans + Sheep = Perfect Consumer

Oh, we've had those things around here for years...

Decius wrote:

Scientists have created the world's first human-sheep chimera - which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs.

The purpose is making vital organs viable for transplantation into humans. Its an idea that could save lives, but I presume serious vegitarians wouldn't take such an organ. One wonders if this process has any impact on the sheep's brain. The comments in the thread here are entertaining... This is certainly a subject that bristles hairs in bioethics circles. The article states:

When the lamb is born, two months later, it would have a liver, heart, lungs and brain that are partly human and available for transplant.

Now, obviously the brain would not be available for transplant, so its not clear exactly what this sentence means. One also wonders, if they are using adult stem cells, if those cells are not already typed, allowing them to control which organs actually end up containing human content.

"Planet of the Sheep" probably won't make for as an entertaining post apocalypse as apes.