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January 17th, 2006, 02:56 PM
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Re: This is mad science at it\'s finest!
They want to take stem cells from the glowing pigs, and implant them into another pig, to be able to observe how they grow without needing to turn it into ham and bacon. They're banking that a better understanding of how stem cells work in pigs will lead to a better understanding of how they would work in humans. And since stem cells are the biggest buzz word in medical tech right now, if you understand them better, people will pay you lots of money to figure out actual practical uses for the things.
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January 17th, 2006, 06:46 PM
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Re: This is mad science at it\'s finest!
Stem cells could be great. Well actually they are great, when you start life(ish) as a bundle of cells, they're the cells you consist of. Cells that can grow into anything are of course very usefull. Need a new leg? Grow/clone some new stem cells from yourself and use them to grow a new, genetically identical, leg.
The problem, as it always is, is making that actually happen. You don't need to figure out the practical use of stem cells, we know what we want to use them for, we just can't do it. Hence the research.
But still, glowing pigs! Do you need a reason to meddle with nature when the results are this good? 
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January 17th, 2006, 09:10 PM
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Re: This is mad science at it\'s finest!
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But still, glowing pigs! Do you need a reason to meddle with nature when the results are this good?
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January 17th, 2006, 10:13 PM
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Re: This is mad science at it\'s finest!
Or what about when they start flying???>.................
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January 17th, 2006, 10:21 PM
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Re: This is mad science at it\'s finest!
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Or what about when they start flying???>.................
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January 18th, 2006, 12:29 AM
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Re: This is mad science at it\'s finest!
*/me hands kerensky another medal
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January 18th, 2006, 04:00 PM
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Re: This is mad science at it\'s finest!
Wow, two medals in one thread, either I'm onto something or I've been hanging around some genetically mutated projects too long. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go find my glowing mice...........
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January 18th, 2006, 05:02 PM
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Re: This is mad science at it\'s finest!
Have any of you seen those "neon" fish in pet stores? Pretty freaky if you've a lot of them in one tank... but not as wierd as glowing pigs.
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January 18th, 2006, 05:28 PM
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Wow, two medals in one thread, either I'm onto something or I've been hanging around some genetically mutated projects too long. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go find my glowing mice...........
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To late, already freed them.
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January 18th, 2006, 05:51 PM
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Re: This is mad science at it\'s finest!
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Wow, two medals in one thread, either I'm onto something or I've been hanging around some genetically mutated projects too long. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go find my glowing mice...........
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To late, already freed them.
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