Friday, August 31, 2012

In Minnesota, pigs are being born with human blood in their veins...

In Nevada, there are sheep whose livers and hearts are largely human. In California, mice peer from their cages with human brain cells firing inside their skulls. But with no federal guidelines in place, an awkward question hovers above the work: How human must a chimera be before more stringent research rules should kick in?"
 
  -- Washington Post article on human/animal hybrids, 11/20/04

The front page of the Washington Post several years ago had the below, incredibly revealing story on human/animal hybrids. The respected British newspaper The Guardian in 2008 posted a key story on the first human/animal hybrid embryos. Yet another revealing article on these bizarre hybrids appeared in the nature magazine National Geographic. Scientists are experimenting with creating hybrids between humans and animals called "chimeras" without clear ethical guidelines. And remember that military and intelligence services are generally at least 10 years in advance of any research being done in public. 
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