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Title: Soooeee PIG!: Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough
Post by: roo_ster on June 20, 2011, 10:22:12 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8584443/Pigs-could-grow-human-organs-in-stem-cell-breakthrough.html

Yes, that sound you hear is angels singing. 

Bacon, ribs, roasts, good hunting, and now human organs from induced pluripotent stem cells (adult stem cells that have been fiddled with).  The pig truly is God's gift to humanity.

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The researchers say the technique could allow pigs to grow human organs from patient's stem cells for use as transplants.

By using a patient's own stem cells it could help to reduce the risk of the transplanted organ being rejected while also providing a plentiful supply of donor organs.

Sign me up for a full herd, in a few of decades!

Title: Re: Soooeee PIG!: Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough
Post by: Fly320s on June 20, 2011, 10:32:49 AM

Hmmmm... regenerative bacon!

Title: Re: Soooeee PIG!: Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough
Post by: RoadKingLarry on June 20, 2011, 10:36:37 AM

Dang, I just took my last one to the butcher, should be getting it back later this week. =D

Title: Re: Soooeee PIG!: Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough
Post by: Harold Tuttle on June 20, 2011, 10:59:44 AM

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Title: Re: Soooeee PIG!: Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough
Post by: TommyGunn on June 20, 2011, 11:32:02 AM

Oh great, had to see THAT just after breakfast....... :facepalm:

Title: Re: Soooeee PIG!: Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough
Post by: Viking on June 20, 2011, 06:36:40 PM

Quote from: TommyGunn on June 20, 2011, 11:32:02 AM

Oh great, had to see THAT just after breakfast....... :facepalm:

Did your breakfast include regenerating bacon?

Title: Re: Soooeee PIG!: Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough
Post by: AmbulanceDriver on June 20, 2011, 07:06:51 PM

Not surprising,  considering I remember seeing a human ear  being grown on a rat's back, iirc... a few years back, I think.

Title: Re: Soooeee PIG!: Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 20, 2011, 07:37:18 PM

I oppose this break-through, as I am anti-science.

Title: Re: Soooeee PIG!: Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough
Post by: zxcvbob on June 20, 2011, 09:24:12 PM

"It's half man, half bear, and half pig..."
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