Human-animal Hybrids?

[JaeDy]

Originally Posted by Adham

Sooooooooo In the future there will be human hybrids lurking around my home.

Mamaaaaa......Gimme my shotgun plz and hide under da bed.

Waaaaaaaaaaay far into the future when, if the home exists, you probably wouldn't anymore...

I'm just thinking that maybe such a thing may come true, in the far future when the religion barrier is broken. I believe it was on this forum where someone posted a point regarding how many years scientifically we've been driven back due to The Church.

[Spacix]

I don't think this will go to far either... Plus it is not going to work making human-animals by mixing to make people with animal DNA, but need genes splicing/manipulation of a human to "build" the features you want.
IE to understand DNA enough and have the ability to change what you wish in it...

[Arthax]

And I chuckled a little when Bush talked about wanting to prevent the creation of human-animal hybrids. Weird science.

[TrumanGrace]

I imagine any growth beyond the embryo would result in creatures that were severely mentally retarded and sterile. Major genetic offshoots tend to have those two results, or at least one of them. Either way, I doubt this is being used to try to create a hybrid creature, just for testing purposes.

waaaaay far in the future??? DUDE DO U KNOW THAT PLASMA WEAPONS HAVE BEEN CREATED believe me or not.Any thing can happen now.

ANd I aint gonna risk....Except if the cat girl that is gonna attack me look beautiful thats when I risk.ANd hope fully I wont lose my rocket if u know what I mean LOL.

[Nova Neko]

If they do this and it passes sign me up to be a catgirl hehe

[Arthax]

Originally Posted by TrumanGrace

I imagine any growth beyond the embryo would result in creatures that were severely mentally retarded and sterile. Major genetic offshoots tend to have those two results, or at least one of them. Either way, I doubt this is being used to try to create a hybrid creature, just for testing purposes.

Ah, but here's a quote from the article: "The research involves transferring nuclei containing DNA from human cells to animal eggs that have had nearly all their genetic information removed.
The resulting embryos are therefore mostly human, with a small animal component. Stem cells, which can grow into different kinds of tissue, are then formed."

There would only be a tiny cow-component in these embryos, so though these "humans" may have some defects and health problems, they'd still look Human. Also, I'd disregard what the scientists said about not wanting to create any hybrid creatures. They'd do it out of curiosity.

[tbumpkins]

Originally Posted by Arthax

Also, I'd disregard what the scientists said about not wanting to create any hybrid creatures. They'd do it out of curiosity.

Yea, that sounds about right for a scientist. In hair-brained Hollywood. There are so much ethics to consider in the field, that would never happen. The 99% chance that something does happen is if there are various mistakes that happen, both in monitoring and on the genetic level. Then the preciously sought after "hybrid" would finally exist, only because it would be inhumane to destroy the being.

[Pebbles]

This is ridiculous You don't even know what this means... It's only mitochondrial DNA that's animal... Meaning the cells have say a Cows metabolic rate. other than that there completely human.

for one it's imposable to mature the things to viability and second of all even if you did they would look completely human.

[TF-Viewer]

Originally Posted by Adham

waaaaay far in the future??? DUDE DO U KNOW THAT PLASMA WEAPONS HAVE BEEN CREATED believe me or not.Any thing can happen now.

ANd I aint gonna risk....Except if the cat girl that is gonna attack me look beautiful thats when I risk.ANd hope fully I wont lose my rocket if u know what I mean LOL.

You are a strange little fellow, that you are.

[TrumanGrace]

Originally Posted by Arthax

Ah, but here's a quote from the article: "The research involves transferring nuclei containing DNA from human cells to animal eggs that have had nearly all their genetic information removed.
The resulting embryos are therefore mostly human, with a small animal component. Stem cells, which can grow into different kinds of tissue, are then formed."

There would only be a tiny cow-component in these embryos, so though these "humans" may have some defects and health problems, they'd still look Human.

That quote doesn't really counter anything said. They can be mostly human with small animal components, that doesn't mean they would be able to bare offspring or not have mental retardation. It just means that the embryos are mostly composed of human DNA with a small amount of animal DNA.

Originally Posted by Arthax

Also, I'd disregard what the scientists said about not wanting to create any hybrid creatures. They'd do it out of curiosity.

No, they wouldn't, serious scientists don't make history and ethics changing experiments off the cuff. In a comic book, sure, in reality, they have people watching their every move and doing something like that would have potential career ending effects.

[Abazaba]

Anything more than splicing for curing diseases is easily more than 100 years away. No so much for the sake of technology but ethics comities hardly ever approve funding for ANYTHING dealing with DNA splicing and all that. Unless there is a billionaire that does some freaky doctor Monroe type stuff. There just isn't funding. Also the success ratio is so ungodly low its just not worth it really.