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On January 06 2012 17:55 morninglightmountain wrote:Pffft, TL had this figured out ages ago. + Show Spoiler +I'm not really sure what the use of this is tbh, they say it has 'huge implications for science' and then don't elaborate. I bet i'm not going to benefit from this in my lifetime for sure...
Could there be a better thread to unleash the hordes once again?
But yeah, not sure what the goal here is. I don't mind experimenting on animals as it's a necessity to science, but this is just weird.
I can imagine a few potential uses in the future for mixing genes in such a way I suppose.
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On January 06 2012 17:09 Probe1 wrote:+ Show Spoiler +Okay now that thats out of the way.. what the hell man lol. Point of order- they're all rhesus monkies so they aren't actually chimeras. Amazing none the less.
Point of parlimentary inquiry. did the previous speaker just correctly use parlimentary proceedure in a TL thread?
Sorry, I had to. Now back to the thread:
Mr. Speaker I call for the orders of the day.
+ Show Spoiler + in biology apparently a chimera is any individual with multiple sets of DNA...
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Yay! Crimes against nature!
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On January 07 2012 03:42 FallDownMarigold wrote:Show nested quote +On January 07 2012 03:40 Krikkitone wrote:
You have a few cells in you that have your mother's genes (picked up while you were in the womb, and were able to survive) Your mother has a few cells in her that have your genes, picked up while she was pregnant.
What the fuck? Am I the only one that is missing something here, or is this dude completely wrong? What do you mean we have foreign cells from our moms with distinct genomes, inside our bodies? Where are they? Are they functional contributors to anything? In which regions do they grow, or survive? How do they survive? Do they have a stem cell population that replenishes them? Why don't they die off? Are they located in a niche in which multipotent progenitors can be induced to exist at certain times?
They are a very small number scattered around, nowhere in particular (becoming whatever tissue type they are located in. They act just like the rest of your cells. (same with yours in your mother) [who if she had boys as a Very Very small percent of cells with Y chromosomes in them]
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On January 06 2012 17:09 Probe1 wrote:![[image loading]](http://images.wikia.com/southpark/images/1/1e/4assed_monkey.gif) Okay now that thats out of the way.. what the hell man lol. Point of order- they're all rhesus monkies so they aren't actually chimeras. Amazing none the less.
I think hybridizing DNA makes them chimeras
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Cute, but I'm going to give it time to see if they actually live.
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Could we potentially use this theory to reproduce or maybe regenerate organs? If so, think of the implications O.O
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On January 07 2012 05:49 Bond(i2) wrote:
Could we potentially use this theory to reproduce or maybe regenerate organs? If so, think of the implications O.O
Yes. Sort of. Basically this 'theory' involves stem cell/developmental/regenerative biology, which is definitely relevant to regenerating injured tissues, or maybe even making full organs
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Wow im excited to see how far we can go with this
Science!
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So we could genetically engineer super soldiers then?
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On January 07 2012 07:55 sviatoslavrichter wrote:
So we could genetically engineer super soldiers then?
This is Not Genetic Engineering
This is Not Hybridization
There is no Change to any DNA/genomes/genetic information/code, etc.
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On January 07 2012 03:42 FallDownMarigold wrote:Show nested quote +On January 07 2012 03:40 Krikkitone wrote:
You have a few cells in you that have your mother's genes (picked up while you were in the womb, and were able to survive) Your mother has a few cells in her that have your genes, picked up while she was pregnant.
What the fuck? Am I the only one that is missing something here, or is this dude completely wrong? What do you mean we have foreign cells from our moms with distinct genomes, inside our bodies? Where are they? Are they functional contributors to anything? In which regions do they grow, or survive? How do they survive? Do they have a stem cell population that replenishes them? Why don't they die off? Are they located in a niche in which multipotent progenitors can be induced to exist at certain times?
actually there is a very very small niche-like field (pardon the pun xD) studying fetal-maternal chimerism. it was basically discovered that there were some cells present in a mouse fetus that were of maternal origin and followup studies basically using a mouse mom with a GFP-knock in mutation bore some pups that had some non-germline GFP+ cells (or is it the other way round? my memory fails me). but again, its a really really small field and no one really knows what are its implications.
EDIT: there is apparently a wikipedia article on it : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchimerism
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On January 07 2012 02:36 Erik.TheRed wrote:
someone found a philosopher's stone?
wont bring nina back........damn you scar
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Perhaps my dream of owning and riding a gryphon may come to fruition!
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On January 07 2012 08:17 Iodem wrote:
Perhaps my dream of owning and riding a gryphon may come to fruition!
LOL Iodem. I know you have a really active wonderful imagination, but unfortunately the reality is this is a really simple development that has nothing to do with hybridization. Depressing I know. Just like when I found out the majority of research in nanotechnology isn't about tiny robots that can build things like in Total Annihilation, but more about making mundane advances in reduced grain size for materials either through mechanical work or some ion-firing backsplatter deposition process. Yay materials engineering
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On January 06 2012 18:33 Capped wrote:Show nested quote +On January 06 2012 17:18 Junichi wrote:
Great.... now it's just a matter of time till we have flying tarantulas.. fml...
DUDE, shut the fuck up, i will kill myself if that day happens. I dont know whats so very great about all this tbh, "lets fuck around with genes trololol" ? Or will it allow for some epic way of creating cures for things? Creating spiderman = bad.
Holy fuck you just ruined my day.
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I told you.. manbearpig!!!
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On January 07 2012 07:55 sviatoslavrichter wrote:
So we could genetically engineer super soldiers then?
You've never played Return to Castle Wolfenstein? The Germans already did 
+ Show Spoiler +
I'll be really, really sad if someone's taking me seriously.
That said, why are people talking about genetic engineering? While this is kinda screwed up, it isn't anywhere near as fucked as some prospects hoped to be achieved by genetic engineering like creating new types of hybridized animals and stuff.
All that was done here was [uselessly] putting 6 sets of parent DNA into one monkey embryo. :| Like another guy said, all this seems like is "lol let's fuck around with genes trolololo". It seems useless at best; just screwing around with things for the sake of doing so.
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On January 07 2012 04:00 Humanfails wrote:Show nested quote +On January 06 2012 17:37 gosuMalicE wrote:On January 06 2012 17:32 Chaosvuistje wrote:
Amazing, imagine all the possibilities! If I had the power to unethically forge creatures together I would definitely get a bird with 4 heads just so they never stop chirping.
It's good advancement, but we'll have to ask the question of how ethical this is every step of the way. How could this be unethical they are animals, unless they stared doing it to humans, which I highly doubt will happen. you're an animal too. To claim you are not is a fallacy religion has pushed since the beginning of time. Animals feel pain. animals have brains. you have a brain (presumably). you feel pain. ethics derives from concepts of right and wrong.
I don't believe that I am an animal. I believe I have a soul and that I was created in God's image and this is what separates human beings from animals. Whether you agree or disagree doesn't change who is right and who is wrong. Neither side will ever convince the other.
I found your post incredibly disrespectful. I'm not asking you to believe what I believe, but I think its important to be respectful of everyone's beliefs in an effort to foster open discussion. Talk about yourself, talk about your beliefs, but don't tell me what I am and am not.
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