To: MHGinTN
you're right about embryos, but you missed the part about using porcine (pig) embryos. Pigs have dna very close to ours and there is hope their organs can be engineered to work without rejection in humans.
I can't wait for that to become a reality, and then watch as Muslim leaders, dying of some disease make exceptions to their religion to allow 'PIG PARTS' to save their lives.
To: FL_engineer
What I posted regards the vast majority of cloning experimentation. The Vicanti brothers are also doing stem cell organ growth without harvesting from fetuses or embryos. They've grown an outer ear on a mouse's back.
10 posted on
12/22/2002 11:10:41 PM PST by
MHGinTN
To: FL_engineer
Did you miss this part?... Using human embryonic stem cells would avoid the risk of PERVs but involves the destruction of human embryos, which is ethically unacceptable to some. I like the notion of pig transplants and Islamicists' 'moral' dilemma! Osama would opt for the transplant but keep it top secret don'tchaknow!
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12/22/2002 11:15:10 PM PST by
MHGinTN
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