Chimera
Have you noticed any inter-species mixing in the news? A human ear grown on a mouse. Producing spider webs in goat's milk. Mixing human, rabbit, and rat DNA.
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 Chimera was a mixture of lion, goat (body and head protruding out from the far side rib cage), and snake (tail). The Chimera is found in Homer and Hesiod. She was of divine origin; her father was the giant Typhon. She had as brothers Cerberus (the hound of Hell), Hydra (the nine-headed water snake) and Orthrus (another multi-headed dog). Some say that the breath of the beast was so hot that it melted the hero's arrowheads. Others say that he placed a block of lead on the tip of his spear, that he thrust into the creature's throat. The flaming breath caused the lead to melt and hence to seal the Chimaera's guts, killing her.
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 This is a Geep; it's part goat and part sheep. Notice the areas free of wool. Those portions are goat. The basic technique is to combine two very early embryos such that their cells intermix and the resulting conceptus has cells from both original embryos.
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An albino rabbit engineered by splicing the green fluorescent protein (GFP) of a jellyfish into the rabbit genome.
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These are genetically engineered fish. These zebra fish have had genes spliced into them, which is from a kind of coral. They can snip the "glow gene" out of the coral and stick it into the genes of a zebra fish embryo.
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 Dr. Charles Vacanti put a mold resembling the shape of a human ear into the back of this mouse. Before the mold is implanted into the back of a hairless mouse, it is covered with human cartilage cells - the same cells our ears are made from. Blood from the mouse help the cartilage cells grow and eventually replace the fibers. What you end up with is a piece of cartilage in the shape of an ear. Then of course they will put this chimera tissue into humans. |
A Taiwanese company has created a genetically modified (GM) ornamental fish that glows in the dark. The Taikong Corporation took DNA from a jellyfish and inserted it into a zebra fish to make it shine a yellow-green colour. The "Night Pearl" zebra fish is the first gene-altered pet to go on sale to the public.
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The scientist who grew a human ear on the back of a mouse has suggested it may one day be possible to "grow" a liver.
US researchers say the prospect of artificial livers has been brought closer because they have worked out how to grow deep networks of blood vessels - which has not been done before. Scientists had believed it was not possible to grow anything more complex than simple tissues, such as thin sections of knee cartilage and skin because of problems growing the blood vessel networks.
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 Yet another animal to add to the growing list of GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) victims is the butterfly. the scientists did this to track how the colors and patterns of this butterfly develop.
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 This is just a primer for more designer pets to come: allergen-free & shed-free cats, mess-free parrots, you name it....even designer bacteria! |
 PELOPENNESE SIKYON AR HEMIDRACHM 360-330BC: Dove flying left; Chimera walking left. Ex. F. Robinson |
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