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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 06:20 AM

panzerfaust (2,723 posts)

Baby mice created from stem cells

Source: Guardian (UK)

Mitinori Saitou of Kyoto University led a team that took stem cells from mice and genetically reprogrammed them to become egg precursor cells. When these were mixed with appropriate body cells from female mice to make "reconstituted ovaries" and implanted into mice, they developed into mature eggs. These were then successfully fertilised in the lab by IVF and the resulting mouse pups were healthy and fertile.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/oct/04/baby-mice-stem-cells

Beyond comment.

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21 replies	Author	Time	Post
Baby mice created from stem cells (Original post)	panzerfaust	Oct 2012	OP
Why 'beyond comment'?	muriel_volestrangler	Oct 2012	#1
"Holy crap!" Is all I can come up with.	GreenPartyVoter	Oct 2012	#2
Jurassic park in our future	newfie11	Oct 2012	#3
Are they sure this isn't a side-effect of the Fukishima disaster? n/t	AAO	Oct 2012	#4
More cutting edge biotech	Kelvin Mace	Oct 2012	#5
Holy Cannoli! But, but...I thought only God and fornicators could create life!	valerief	Oct 2012	#6
What are they fucking around with mice for, start working on lungs..	snooper2	Oct 2012	#7
make that a double.	hockeynut57	Oct 2012	#8
Here Here +1. n/t	bamacrat	Oct 2012	#13
This could be a very serious problem. We're going to need more cats. Lots of them.	slackmaster	Oct 2012	#9
Good one!	newfie11	Oct 2012	#10
Or Mountain Dew	Uncle Joe	Oct 2012	#12
Fine with me.	closeupready	Oct 2012	#20
If I am not mistaken, this means you can have a child with yourself.	bemildred	Oct 2012	#11
George Foreman could spawn a bunch of actual copies of himself	slackmaster	Oct 2012	#14
Millions of little Donald Trumps running around fighting each other.	bemildred	Oct 2012	#16
people fuck themselves all the time,	snooper2	Oct 2012	#15
But why the use of the word "baby"?	Duer 157099	Oct 2012	#17
This is going to drive the bible thumpers insane.	JRLeft	Oct 2012	#18
Of course	sakabatou	Oct 2012	#19
We need more ways to produce mice?	jmowreader	Oct 2012	#21

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 06:39 AM

muriel_volestrangler (65,808 posts)

1. Why 'beyond comment'?

There's comment further down in the article.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 07:31 AM

GreenPartyVoter (64,757 posts)

2. "Holy crap!" Is all I can come up with.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 08:16 AM

newfie11 (3,559 posts)

3. Jurassic park in our future

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 08:27 AM

AAO (1,583 posts)

4. Are they sure this isn't a side-effect of the Fukishima disaster? n/t

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:45 AM

Kelvin Mace (9,902 posts)

5. More cutting edge biotech

occurring outside the U.S.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:48 AM

valerief (35,729 posts)

6. Holy Cannoli! But, but...I thought only God and fornicators could create life!

Now I understand. God is a stem cell!!!!

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:52 AM

snooper2 (16,850 posts)

7. What are they fucking around with mice for, start working on lungs..

Take some good tissue and grow a new one in a jar. That way I don't have to quit smoking

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:58 AM

hockeynut57 (220 posts)

8. make that a double.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 12:19 PM

bamacrat (3,831 posts)

13. Here Here +1. n/t

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 10:04 AM

slackmaster (60,567 posts)

9. This could be a very serious problem. We're going to need more cats. Lots of them.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 11:18 AM

newfie11 (3,559 posts)

10. Good one!

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 11:56 AM

Uncle Joe (25,036 posts)

12. Or Mountain Dew

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002117446#post16

Pepsi Says Mountain Dew Can Dissolve Mouse Carcasses

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:51 PM

closeupready (19,680 posts)

20. Fine with me.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 11:49 AM

bemildred (67,682 posts)

11. If I am not mistaken, this means you can have a child with yourself.

At any age. Boggles the mind.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 12:21 PM

slackmaster (60,567 posts)

14. George Foreman could spawn a bunch of actual copies of himself

Much more effective than naming all of your kids after yourself.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:33 PM

bemildred (67,682 posts)

16. Millions of little Donald Trumps running around fighting each other.

"There can be only one!"

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:00 PM

snooper2 (16,850 posts)

15. people fuck themselves all the time,

bout time something came from it

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:41 PM

Duer 157099 (16,627 posts)

17. But why the use of the word "baby"?

Any newborn animal is a baby. Now if they are genetically programmed to *stay* babies, then they have something really special there....

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:46 PM

JRLeft (1,953 posts)

18. This is going to drive the bible thumpers insane.

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:49 PM

sakabatou (29,244 posts)

19. Of course

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 05:23 PM

jmowreader (24,117 posts)

21. We need more ways to produce mice?

This is like the Korean scientist that cloned a coyote.

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