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2018-03-09 Science & Technology
Japanese scientists develop genetically modified 'Frankenstein' pigs with organs that can be transplanted into HUMANS
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Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#1 Call Larry Niven for comment.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-09 00:39||   2018-03-09 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 I AM all for it.
Posted by newc 2018-03-09 00:55||   2018-03-09 00:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Just don't clone humans
Posted by newc 2018-03-09 00:55||   2018-03-09 00:55|| Front Page Top

#4 They've been working on those pigs for the past twenty years. They're not making human piggies, they're jiggling the chromosomes (or whatever) that cause rejection.
Posted by Fred 2018-03-09 04:12||   2018-03-09 04:12|| Front Page Top

#5 So we can grow our own BACON?
Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-09 05:14||   2018-03-09 05:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Im generally very pro-medical research.
The problem with this particular one is pig viruses crossing species..
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-03-09 07:45||   2018-03-09 07:45|| Front Page Top

#7 If I were given a pig organ in a medical procedure, would I feel gilt ?
Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-09 07:51||   2018-03-09 07:51|| Front Page Top

#8 That's not kosher.
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-03-09 07:56||   2018-03-09 07:56|| Front Page Top

#9 "Squeal for me. SQUEAL!"

/Deliverance
Posted by Frank G 2018-03-09 10:22||   2018-03-09 10:22|| Front Page Top

#10 So the organs can't be used for muslims? RACIST!!!!!
Posted by CrazyFool 2018-03-09 10:58||   2018-03-09 10:58|| Front Page Top

#11 "Doc Frankenstein, can I be frank?
That wiener you used for my crank?"
The monster demurely
Inquired, "Surely, Shirley,
You've heard what occurs when I wank?"
Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2018-03-09 11:04||   2018-03-09 11:04|| Front Page Top

#12 That's not kosher.

P2k, a Jew is allowed to eat pork if the alternative is starving. So ...
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-09 12:15||   2018-03-09 12:15|| Front Page Top

#13 g(r)om - maybe he should have said it's not halal.

Anybody know if a Muslim is allowed to eat pork rather than starve?
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2018-03-09 12:42||   2018-03-09 12:42|| Front Page Top

#14 Anybody know if a Muslim is allowed to eat pork rather than starve?

Yeah, but you have to blame it on the Jews.
Posted by SteveS 2018-03-09 12:52||   2018-03-09 12:52|| Front Page Top

#15 they already use pig valves in heart valve transplants
Posted by 746 2018-03-09 14:08||   2018-03-09 14:08|| Front Page Top

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