Roj47 Posted August 31, 2006 #1 Share Posted August 31, 2006 In lab rats, "Who's your daddy?" can now yield a surprising answer. Scientists have generated rats from mice that developed rat sperm. The breakthrough marks the first time researchers produced healthy offspring [Photo] from sperm cells fostered in a different species. The hope is this method could help generate sperm from endangered species or prize bulls. A decade ago, scientists successfully developed sperm in one animal that had come from cells in another. Researchers began by growing rat sperm in mice, and proceeded to foster sperm from hamsters, rabbits, pigs, bulls and humans in mice as well. However, until now it remained unknown whether any of these sperm were fertile. In several instances they developed abnormally in their foreign hosts. http://www.livescience.com/othernews/06082...ogate_rats.html Personally I think the implications of this are very, very wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplos Posted August 31, 2006 #2 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Someday, those people who say, of their dog, "He's like my own child!" can actually give birth to their dog and thus make their statement true. <urk> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greychupa Posted August 31, 2006 #3 Share Posted August 31, 2006 All I will say is this...Animals are not ours to experiment on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogfish Posted September 1, 2006 #4 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Animals are not ours to experiment on! Oh, yes they are! With out lab mice, the drug Glivec would of never have been confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagan_jedi_girl Posted September 1, 2006 #5 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I saw a television program about cloning and how animal human hybrids were being made... kind of cool in a story, but in real life? No way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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