floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoUS man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for huntingwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down12
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minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoI have more questions than answers why testicle tissue? Was it an actual clone? Or just using sperm in the testicles? If a clone how? While I knew cloning was possible, the fact that a random group was able to pull it off, is frankly scary as shit …
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoSperm are stem cells, aren’t they? Maybe that’s why?
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoOh man if you find that thought scary, check out Thought Emporium on YouTube. He’s doing gene editing on bacteria in his garage. Apparently his generic engineered cure for lactose intolerance (tested on himself) only lasted for a few months, but it did work.
I have more questions than answers why testicle tissue? Was it an actual clone? Or just using sperm in the testicles? If a clone how?
While I knew cloning was possible, the fact that a random group was able to pull it off, is frankly scary as shit …
Sperm are stem cells, aren’t they? Maybe that’s why?
Oh man if you find that thought scary, check out Thought Emporium on YouTube. He’s doing gene editing on bacteria in his garage.
Apparently his generic engineered cure for lactose intolerance (tested on himself) only lasted for a few months, but it did work.