Still Waters Posted August 31, 2014 #1 Share Posted August 31, 2014 SCIENTISTS are creating artificial humans for use in laboratory testing, potentially doing away with the need for experiments that claim the lives of up to 90m animals each year. Animal laboratories will begin to be replaced by "farms" made up of hundreds of artificial human machines, within three years, experts forecast. http://www.thesunday...icle1453135.ece Continued here - http://www.dailymail...ay-experts.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted August 31, 2014 #2 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Good. The usage of animal testing is one of the things that disgusts me the most about humanity. We, as shepherds, kill, torment, maim and otherwise destroy animals in the quest to make sure that nail polish will not burn the eyes of idiots who want to put nail polish in their eyes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenemet Posted August 31, 2014 #3 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I really support this... but I suspect that there will be all sorts of unintended consequences and questions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted August 31, 2014 #4 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Weird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted September 1, 2014 #5 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Everyone is being replaced with robots. Soon there will be no use for anything living. Seriously glad this is going to stop and we won't need animals to find that next Ebola treatment or the cure for cancer. If these micro-humans can be used for that kind of testing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted September 1, 2014 #6 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Animals are imperfect analogs of human physiology. While we share much in common with other mammals, we are not white mice. Some things that are toxic to animals are harmless in humans and probably vice versa. We have used animals (white mice for example) because they are relatively cheap and available. The ethics involved in using animals for research has to be weighed against the possible benefits for saving and preserving human life. If a better alternative is available, that is an advance in science and I would say one in ethics also. However, while growing artificial organs for testing may give us a better idea of how drugs and other chemicals work on human tissue, that is not the complete human body, and the expense involved to grow and keep alive human organs outside the body will no doubt raise the price of chemical testing and new drug approval, possibly putting useful medical advances out of the economic reach of those who may need them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyBear Posted September 1, 2014 #7 Share Posted September 1, 2014 IMO,best news EVER...I think this kind of testing would be much more accurate anyway,as I always felt that testing on animals wouldn't have the best results for reactions from a human body,which is what the drugs/products are tested for..yes they're mammals,but something that is not highly toxic to a rat for example might be extremely toxic to a human..and besides,with all the tech advances we have now,it's an old and SEVERELY outdated mode of scientific research..I liked your comment,Sundew,very insightful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioness_Heart Posted September 1, 2014 #8 Share Posted September 1, 2014 It's about time! Poor defenseless animals... P.S. That little fellow in the picture is so cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioness_Heart Posted September 1, 2014 #9 Share Posted September 1, 2014 It's about time! Poor defenseless animals... P.S. That little fellow (mouse) in the picture is so cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRYSiiSx2 Posted September 1, 2014 #10 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Ever see that movie, The Island??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted September 1, 2014 #11 Share Posted September 1, 2014 My only concern is that I hope that artificial humans are actually accurate enough. I somehow feel like we dont know enough about the body to make artificial replicas. Otherwise why havent we been mass producing effective artificial organs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfonso Posted September 1, 2014 #12 Share Posted September 1, 2014 theres plenty of real humans they could test on , paedos rapists etc that might also free up the overcrowded jails there always on about 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atuke Posted September 1, 2014 #13 Share Posted September 1, 2014 This is good news finally! Sick of playing God with animals and treating them like second class earthlings. They have feelings, consciousness, and what we believe a soul to be. It's been a general holocaust on animals for at least 2000 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Gummybuns Posted September 1, 2014 #14 Share Posted September 1, 2014 We finally decided on cloning. I was waiting for that to happen. Alright, everyone. Time to celebrate. Get the cold ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted September 2, 2014 #15 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Everyone is being replaced with robots. Soon there will be no use for anything living. Seriously glad this is going to stop and we won't need animals to find that next Ebola treatment or the cure for cancer. If these micro-humans can be used for that kind of testing. My plan to replace my cat with a "robotic feline replacement-surrogate love unit with fully integrated purr functionality" ran afoul when both the in and standard organic felines rose in revolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemagegod Posted September 2, 2014 #16 Share Posted September 2, 2014 PETA will be please. Now its time for a between the Human Rights Groups lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingAngel Posted September 2, 2014 #17 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Soon, we'll stop healing organs but we're gonna replace organs like robots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted September 2, 2014 #18 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Fracking Cylons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virot Maglan Posted September 3, 2014 #19 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Pretty much like Never Let Me Go minus the being an actual human clone part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted September 3, 2014 #20 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Ever see that movie, The Island??? Yes. In three years, The Island. In twenty years, The Matrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracona15 Posted September 11, 2014 #21 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I'm glad to hear this. I love animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted September 11, 2014 #22 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I dunno really. It sounds cruel and sick. Testing on animals is bad enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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