China cloning on an 'industrial scale' (television, best)

[Grizzmeister]

BBC News - China cloning on an 'industrial scale'

Dusk is falling as we're shown into another shed where new-born piglets are lying close to their mothers to suckle. Heat lamps keep the room warm. Some of the animals are clones of clones. Most have been genetically modified.

The point of the work is to use pigs to test out new medicines. Because they are so similar genetically to humans, pigs can serve as useful "models". So modifying their genes to give them traits can aid that process.

One batch of particularly small pigs has had a growth gene removed - they stopped growing at the age of one. Others have had their DNA tinkered with to try to make them more susceptible to Alzheimer's.

It truly is a brave new world.

[Grizzmeister]

Doesn't it send chills up and down your spine when you read "DNA tinkered with" with respect to China? Remember, these are the same myopic people whose social engineering experiment of allowing just one child per married couple has led to a disproportionate number of males in their society.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvlUlCohUBc

[plwhit]

It has been a brave new world since Dolly was created in the UK.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)

Does it send chills up my spine? Nope

[Grizzmeister]

Originally Posted by plwhit

It has been a brave new world since Dolly was created in the UK.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)

Does it send chills up my spine? Nope

I guess you're right since the UK is no more ethical now than China is.

Unsurprisingly, there's now a very popular show called Orphan Black on BBC America about cloned humans.

About the Show | Orphan Black | BBC America


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do_BCA-vR9E

[J Andb]

Television is the best place for Miss Piggy and Hello Dolly!