Yes, it's pretty crazy how well this already works. A toast to the manpig that shall grow my future replacement liver!
We must all stop manbearpig.
Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments
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Re: Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nobody was concerned about using stem cell technology or stem cell research. The opposition was/is entirely to the death of embryos in order to obtain some stem cells for research. It's not as if it's some anti-science policy. It's simply a continuation of anti-abortion politics, which a lot of people feel very strongly about and invokes a ton of ethical questions. As long as there can be a perception that someone wa…
The program I'm describing was funded to work with stem cells derived from embryos. https://www.cirm.ca.gov/about-cirm/cirm-faq#embryos "All the embryos used in CIRM-funded research were donated from IVF clinics. They had either been rejected for implantation and were going to be destroyed, or the couple had decided to stop storing the embryos for future use. The embryos used to create embryonic stem cell lines were…
This is nuance; Of which entertainment news and polarized parties are not very good at exploring.
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#53Re: Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
While I disagree with the US's stance, ignoring your morals because other countries are doing something would be a race to the bottom.
> ignoring your morals If those morals say people should die instead of getting the organ transplants they need, maybe we are better off ignoring such morals.
The moral is that embryos deserve the same rights as people, so you’re really just killing one person to save another
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#55Why all comments are being down-voted? (Personally... I think this tech is amazing and I can't wait for it to be available worldwide!)
Must be the millennials finding a new reason to get offended LOL
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
> ignoring your morals If those morals say people should die instead of getting the organ transplants they need, maybe we are better off ignoring such morals.
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#57Hey uh, Doc? are these cat tissue samples?
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#58grow human organs inside rats and? how does that work? i don't understand. meanwhile we are entering the sixt mass extinction event caused by a massive climate change. what good is this technology when you have failing crops, extreme weather, no electricity and mass immigration at your doorstep?
The current mass extinction event we're currently in has little to do with climate change, but a lot more to do with habitat destruction from industrial activities, pollution, deforestation, etc.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well exactly. If we are fine breeding so many for meat, breeding a few more to cure serious illnesses or even to save lives should not raise problems in public opinion.
Perhaps even further than that! It may make humanity realize that, just as oil is too valuable to burn, pigs are too valuable to use for bacon instead of life saving medical treatments.
Well, if you have to slaughter the pig to remove its human pancreas for transplant anyway, the ethical thing to do is extract as much value as you can by also using its delicious, delicious meat. (Which hopefully does not contain too many migrated human cells.)
Re: Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments
#60Yeah America has all the moral debates about genetics and experiments with embryos. But the bottom line is other countries are going to move forward no matter what America does.
While I disagree with the US's stance, ignoring your morals because other countries are doing something would be a race to the bottom.
If significant % of the population doesn't think it's problematic it should be allowed as long as it doesn't influence lives of the other part. You can easily opt out of any stem cells based research or treatment, we can make it not state funded. Opposing that is the kind of self-righteous aggressive morality I despise.
It's the same with abortion: about half the population thinks it's ok to let a woman decide. It doesn't influence you, your family or your community if you opt out. If you still think your feelings should dictate how others then you're the problem and the reason there are so many conflicts and so much violence caused by "I want to dictate how others live and I don't accept if they disagree".