Human-Animal Hybrids: Sick And Twisted Chimeras Are Being Created In
Labs All Over The Planet
By Michael Snyder, on July 11th, 2013
Did you know that scientists all over the globe are creating extremely
bizarre human-animal chimeras? Over the past decade, there have been some
absolutely stunning advances in the field of genetic modification. Today, it is
literally possible for college students to create new lifeforms in their
basements. Unfortunately, laws have not kept pace with these advancements, and
in many countries there are very few limits on what scientists are allowed to
do. As you will read about below, extremely creepy human-animal hybrids are now
being created in laboratories all over the planet. And this is just the stuff
that is publicly admitted. Can you imagine what kind of sick and twisted
experiments are taking place in the dark corners of secret labs that nobody
knows about? And what happens if these creatures get out into the wild and
starting mating? At that point, it would be nearly impossible to put the genie
back into the bottle. Scientists seem very eager to test the limits of what is
possible, but what they are unleashing may have consequences that none of us
ever dreamed possible.
Just the other day, we learned that scientists have created mice that have an
artificial human chromosome in every cell of their
bodies.
So what should we call such creatures? They are
definitely not fully mice anymore.
Scientists are hailing this as a breakthrough which could lead to all sorts
of new treatments for disease. The following is from an article entitled Mice
with human chromosomes the genetic breakthrough that could revolutionise
medicine
Scientists have created genetically-engineered
mice with artificial human chromosomes in every cell of their bodies, as
part of a series of studies showing that it may be possible to treat genetic
diseases with a radically new form of gene therapy.In one of the unpublished studies, researchers made a human artificial
chromosome in the laboratory from chemical building blocks rather than
chipping away at an existing human chromosome, indicating the increasingly
powerful technology behind the new field of synthetic biology.
This is quite bizarre.
But creating mice with artificial human chromosomes
is one thing.
Creating mice with partly human brains is a whole different ball of wax.
According to LifeNews.com,
researchers at the University of Wisconsin have successfully transferred cells
from human embryos into the brains of mice. Those cells began to grow and
develop, and they actually made the mice smarter
Yet experiments like these are going forward just the same. In just the
past few months, scientists at the University of Wisconsin and the
University of Rochester have published data on their human-animal neural
chimeras. For the Wisconsin study, researchers injected mice with an
immunotoxin to destroy a part of their brainsthe hippocampusthats
associated with learning, memory, and spatial reasoning. Then the
researchers replaced those damaged cells with cells derived from human
embryos. The cells proliferated and the lab chimeras recovered their ability
to navigate a water maze.For the Rochester study, researchers implanted newborn mice with nascent
human glial cells, which help support and nourish neurons in the brain. Six
months later, the human parts had elbowed out the mouse equivalents, and the
animals had enhanced ability to solve a simple maze and learn conditioned
cues. These protocols might run afoul of the anti-hybrid laws, and perhaps
they should arouse some questions. These chimeric mice may not be human, or
even really human, but theyre certainly one step further down the path to
Algernon. It may not be so long before were faced with some hairy
bioethics: What rights should we assign to mice with human brains?
Is this really a good idea?
Do we really want to start creating entities that are part-human?
Apparently, it is now even possible to grow entire human organs inside
animals. In fact, scientists in Japan plan to start systematically growing
human organs inside of pigs within 12 months. The goal is to increase the
number of organs available for medical transplants as a recent
Infowars.com article explained
A panel of scientists and
legal experts appointed by the Japanese government will be gathering
together to begin drafting guidelines governing Japans historic embryonic
research. If all goes according to plan, scientists hope to begin growing
human organs in animals within the next 12 months.The research sounds like
something out of a science fiction novel. Scientists place a human stem cell
into the embryo of an animal to create a chimeric embryo that can be
implanted into the animals womb. According to the Telegraph,
the animal in question will most likely be a pig.Once the embryo is implanted
it will grow into a perfect human organ a heart, a kidney, a pancreas, and
so on. Then, when the adult pig is slaughtered, the organ will be harvested
and transplanted into someone who needs a new one.
But once a human organ is grown inside a pig, that pig is no longer fully a
pig.
And without a doubt, that organ will no longer be a fully human organ after
it is grown inside the pig. Those receiving those organs will be allowing
human-animal hybrid organs to be implanted into them.
One can only imagine what the consequences of doing such a thing would be.
You would think that there should be strict limits on this kind of a thing.
And in a few areas around the globe, there are some limits. But most of the
time the ethical decisions
are left up to the scientists
Two years ago, the UK Academy of Medical Sciences released a
groundbreaking report on animals containing human material. It
concluded that most research on chimeras is permitted by existing UK laws.
But it also identified some experiments that should not (yet) be done
because of strong ethical objections. One is to breed an animal that has
human sperm or eggs. Another is to create a non-human primate with a
humanised brain.
Most people would be absolutely shocked to learn some of the things that are
currently being done in the name of science.
For example, did you know that rice that contains actual human genes is being
grown right now
in Kansas?
Unless the rice you buy is certified organic, or comes specifically from
a farm that tests its rice crops for genetically modified (GM) traits, you
could be eating rice tainted with actual human genes. The only known GMO
with inbred human traits in cultivation today, a GM rice product made by
biotechnology company Ventria Bioscience is currently being grown on 3,200
acres in Junction City, Kansas and possibly elsewhere and most people
have no idea about it.Since about 2006,Ventria has been quietly cultivating rice that has been
genetically modified (GM) with genes from the human liver for the purpose of
taking the artificial proteins produced by this Frankenrice and using them
in pharmaceuticals.
We are corrupting nature, and yet very few people seem alarmed. When the
Daily Mail reported
back in 2011 that scientists in the UK had created more than 150″
human-animal hybrid embryos, hardly anyone got upset about it
Last night a campaigner against the excesses of medical research said he
was disgusted that scientists were dabbling in the grotesque.Figures seen by the Daily Mail show that 155 admixed embryos,
containing both human and animal genetic material, have been created since
the introduction of the 2008 Human Fertilisation Embryology Act.This legalised the creation of a variety of hybrids, including an animal
egg fertilised by a human sperm; cybrids, in which a human nucleus is
implanted into an animal cell; and chimeras, in which human cells are
mixed with animal embryos.
Sadly, this kind of thing is being done all over the planet. Just check out
some of the truly bizarre human-animal hybrid experiments that have been taking
place all over the globe according to a
recent Slate article
Not long ago, Chinese scientists
embedded genes for human milk proteins into a mouses genome and have
since created
herds of humanized-milk-producing goats. Meanwhile, researchers at the
University of Michigan have a method for
putting a human anal sphincter into a mouse as a means of finding better
treatments for fecal incontinence, and doctors are building
animals with humanized immune systems to serve as subjects for new HIV
vaccines.
Are you disgusted by those examples?
You should be.
Here are some other ways that humans and animals are being combined
And these are just the things that we know about.
What kind of sick and twisted experiments are going on around the globe that
we dont know about?
Like I mentioned at the top, we live at a time when the possibilities in the
field of genetic modification seem endless.
But just because we can do something does not mean that we should actually do
it.
The movie Splice
demonstrated the danger of creating an entirely new lifeform that is only
partially human. When we create something that is neither fully human or fully
animal, what kind of spirit enters that being? What would the consequences be
if such beings started mating with other animals? Could we end up creating
creatures that are far beyond our capacity to control?
Unfortunately, Pandoras box has already been opened and it is going to be
extremely difficult to control the creation of human-animal hybrids. This
technology is racing ahead all over the planet, and at this point even college
students can create new lifeforms in their own basements.
We are entering a strange new world, and nobody is quite sure what comes
next.
About the author:
Michael T. Snyder is a former Washington D.C. attorney who now publishes
The Truth. His new novel entitled The
Beginning Of The End is now available on
Amazon.com.