Baby mice created from stem cells

[panzerfaust]

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

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Beyond comment.

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Why 'beyond comment'?

There's comment further down in the article.

[GreenPartyVoter]

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

[newfie11]

3. Jurassic park in our future

[AAO]

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

[Kelvin Mace]

5. More cutting edge biotech

occurring outside the U.S.

[valerief]

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

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

[snooper2]

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

[hockeynut57]

8. make that a double.

[bamacrat]

13. Here Here +1. n/t

[slackmaster]

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

[newfie11]

10. Good one!

[Uncle Joe]

12. Or Mountain Dew

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

Pepsi Says Mountain Dew Can Dissolve Mouse Carcasses

[closeupready]

20. Fine with me.

[bemildred]

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

At any age. Boggles the mind.

[slackmaster]

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

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

[bemildred]

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

"There can be only one!"

[snooper2]

15. people fuck themselves all the time,

bout time something came from it

[Duer 157099]

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....

[JRLeft]

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

[sakabatou]

19. Of course

[jmowreader]

21. We need more ways to produce mice?

This is like the Korean scientist that cloned a coyote.