Man-Cow Disease

Here we go folks:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/793119.asp?0bl=-0&cp1=1

Half-human, half-cows have been successfully cloned and grown to full size!

They have more human DNA than any other xenospecies.

Will be 'used to grow antibodies to help children', according to the
biochemists.

Dang, I thought humans already HAD an immune system.

Might not do much against the new types of diseases we'll see jumping the
species barrier through these hosts.

- Jeff

> From: "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@...>
> To: <metatuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 6:05 PM
> Subject: [metatuning] Man-Cow Disease
>

> Here we go folks:
>
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/793119.asp?0bl=-0&cp1=1
>
> Half-human, half-cows have been successfully cloned
> and grown to full size!
>
> They have more human DNA than any other xenospecies.
>
> Will be 'used to grow antibodies to help children',
> according to the biochemists.
>
> Dang, I thought humans already HAD an immune system.
>
> Might not do much against the new types of diseases we'll
> see jumping the species barrier through these hosts.

yes, you make a very good point there, Jeff.

this comment is the one that bothered me a lot:

"Then each cloned calf could be an antibody factory,
he said, producing a variety of products."

while i'm not a vegan, because i believe that a wide
variety of different foods is the most essential dietary
factor for maintenance of good health in humans, i am
inclined to veganism because of the way the food industry
treats and views animals as a "product". but *this*
is REALLY disgusting!

thanks for the heads up ... i hadn't heard anything
about this anywhere.

-monz

well why not, they turned enough humans into cattle!

"X. J. Scott" wrote:

> Here we go folks:
>
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/793119.asp?0bl=-0&cp1=1
>
> Half-human, half-cows have been successfully cloned and grown to full size!
>
>

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---- Original Message -----
From: "monz" <monz@...>

> thanks for the heads up ... i hadn't heard anything
> about this anywhere.

I saw it in the news a few days ago. I think
I first saw it here: http://drudgereport.com/

* David Beardsley
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beardsley" <db@...>

> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "monz" <monz@...>
>
> > thanks for the heads up ... i hadn't heard anything
> > about this anywhere.
>
> I saw it in the news a few days ago. I think
> I first saw it here: http://drudgereport.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/12/business/12BIO.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/health/AP-Cloned-Cow-Drugs.html
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/wire/sns-ap-cloned-cow-drugs0812aug12
.story

Here's a scary one:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/08/12/asia.haze/index.html

* David Beardsley
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----- Original Message -----
From: "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@...>

> on 8/13/02 10:07 AM, David Beardsley at db@... wrote:
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/12/business/12BIO.html
> > http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/health/AP-Cloned-Cow-Drugs.html
> >
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/wire/sns-ap-cloned-cow-drugs0812aug12
> > .story
>
> Dude! Never again will I accuse you of being a man who doesn't keep up
with
> his bovinosapien cloning news!

I saw the story yesterday and thought it was
a big deal. Don't know why I didn't post something
about it then...

* David Beardsley
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