Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass organ transplants

Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by chr1 on Monday February 19, 2018 @03:30AM (#16411545)

And some time after that a future where all of these are produced in the same factory from cell culture, and real sheep are rare.

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Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by JorgeGT on Monday February 19, 2018 @05:08AM (#16411928)

But surely by that time we can have, say, electric sheeps, right?

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Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by mathgeek on Monday February 19, 2018 @07:33AM (#16412464)

We can dream.

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Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by spodek on Monday February 19, 2018 @09:02AM (#16412881)

Dreaming of electric sheep is something a Dick would come up with.

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Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by gagege on Monday February 19, 2018 @11:02AM (#16413630)

You have apparently committed comedy homicide. May VALIS have mercy on your soul.

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Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by nerdponx on Monday February 19, 2018 @08:41AM (#16412782)

If you take away the whole "nuclear war" aspect that future doesn't sound all too bad.

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Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by bryanrasmussen on Monday February 19, 2018 @06:26AM (#16412238)

sure, but status-wise you would be sort of a loser if you didn't have a real one.

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Re:Human-sheep hybrids pave way for diabetes cure and mass o... by matte_black on Monday February 19, 2018 @07:09AM (#16412374)

Unless people walk up to it and check they’ll never be able to tell the difference anyway.

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