A Stanford researcher is about to create a mouse-human hybrid by injecting human brain cells into a mouse´s developing brain. The purpose is to "see
what happens". If the mouse show "human-like behaviour", they will abort the experiment...
Mouse With Human Brain May Live
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Now, Stanford University has given famed researcher Irving Weissman permission to create a mouse-human hybrid. The intent is to inject human brain
cells into the brains of developing mice
to see what happens. The National Academy of Sciences will unveil guidelines on chimera and stem cell
research this spring.
Professor Henry T. Greely, director of the Center for Law and the Biosciences and leader of the committee that considered the proposal, told the San
Jose Mercury News, "We concluded that if we see any signs of human brain structures . . . or
if the mouse shows human-like behaviors, like
improved memory or problem-solving, it's time to stop."
Imagine being reborn, and then suddenly you find out:
"Jeezus, I´m a mouse..." I don´t know what to say about these experiments. Could this
mouse develope any kind of human feelings? I´m normally into experimenting with stuff, but this just doesn´t feel right...
More here:
Stanford Researcher Wants to Create Human-Mouse Hybrid
"A Stanford researcher has received initial permission to create a human-mouse hybrid as long as the creature acts like a mouse and not like a human
being."
