Green light for hybrid research
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7193820.stm

This member of the public isn't that at ease about it..once you open this box it's going to be hard to keep the lid in place.I see a lot of trouble about this from the pro lifers.

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Mmmm, wonder what they will make first, and wonder who / what they will have to kill first because it didn't work out quiet the way the thought.

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Yes! Nekojin here we come! :naughty:

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I had to Google that :D the options that this hybrid thing throws up, humans with wings, gills xmen here we come.

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We've already got politicians with **** holes where their mouths should be. Nothing new here.

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:rofl:

Thanks BBKing! I've now got everyone at work giving me strange looks for my outburst of laughter :D

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Would have been funnier if I'd said 'bull's **** holes'.

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Maybe in the distant future they'll be able to combine the DNA of some form of creature to that of John Prescott to creat something worthwhile :D

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the best part of john prescott gets flushed away twice a day ;)

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Well I guess most of you don't think it will have any impact.:rolleyes:

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In secret laboratories all round the world, I bet there's been all kinds of nasty things going on.

Unless they make a 300ft tall iguana with a penchant for chewitts, I wouldn't worry to much about it.

There's already enough in the world to worry about, who knows they might just discover a cure for cancer, or divise a way to help transplant patients.

I doubt they are trying to make to new super species of cockroach that will bite off your head and suck out your insides like a milkshake.

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500 years ago:

"I tell you, squire, selectively breeding livestock to make them bigger and fatter will only lead to trouble. Tis against nature, so it is"
You sound disappointed.

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You're going to be even unhappier at this: US team creates 2 cloned embryos

I think your reaction is a bit unfair though. Its very early days and its hard to grasp where the future and science will take us (like BBKing said). And as Pierre said, wether we allow it or not, it will happen elsewhere in the world. At least this way we stand a chance at having a hand on the rudder.

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I for 1 welcome our human-animal-hybrid overlords. :disturbd:

:rolleyes: Buy them a straight-jacket each & they can froth at the mouth to their hearts' content.

Don't need hybrids for that. :)
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On the contrary, I hope it has a tremendous impact:

(from the OP link)

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I was getting rather peed by the frivolous remarks..I'm up for a reasonable debate about the issue though.;)

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What is there to say? We need techniques such as this to successfully combat certain diseases. Just as we need animal experimentation to test new drugs. People who think otherwise don't know the facts, or are deluding themselves.