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Mice with human brain cells created at Stanford
Tue 10 Dec 2002 - 20:22

In this article, Flayrah published that scientists want to insert human stem cells into the brains of mice. Scientists at Stanford University today announced that they have already done so. Dr. Irving Weissman of Stanford and Fred Gage of the Salk Institute of La Joya created a mouse with millions of human brain cells.

Mixing human and mouse cells
Wed 27 Nov 2002 - 15:13

According to the New York Times, scientists want to create a new kind of mouse-human hybrid by inserting human stem cells into a mouse embryo. The resulting creature would have both human and mouse cells.

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53 Pig/human crossbreeds made.
Tue 22 Oct 2002 - 05:46

A new, simple technique, developed by Mairaluisa Lavitrano at the University of Milan-Bicocca, has improved xenotransplant yields (the number of young with foreign genes) from about 4% to up to 88%. In short, she can regularly and reliably introduce human genes into pigs, who then express the human genes.

Further information about this technology can be found at:

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Can you be a genius if your dog doesn't talk?
Fri 6 Sep 2002 - 17:36

Barry Deutsch's weblog for today has a wonderful argument that almost every best daily strips has had a talking animal.

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Parrots, apes, and elephants are people, too.
Thu 5 Sep 2002 - 09:36

Steven M. Wise, J.D., is the president of Center for the Expansion of Fundamental Rights, and teaches Animal Rights Law at Harvard, Vermont, and John Marshall Law Schools. He has written a new book: Drawing the Line, which goes beyond his previous book Rattling the Cage in that he advocates legal rights even beyond the great apes to elephants, parrots, and dolphins. (But not dogs.)

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Mobile phones for dogs...
Fri 23 Aug 2002 - 16:24

Bark Twice for Bear and Hunting Dogs are issued with mobile phones report that Benefon is selling a combination GPS and telephone for dogs. It's intended for hunting season, and it has its own set of web pages. (Warning: Most information there is in Finnish.)

Comic Store Manager Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
Tue 20 Aug 2002 - 20:24

According to CBLDF Appeals Retailer Conviction, Jesus Castillo, a comic shop owner, was sentenced to 180 days in jail, a year's probation, and a $4000 fine for selling a comic (Demon Beast Invasion #2) to an adult.

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Bull and bears in advertisements...
Tue 20 Aug 2002 - 07:52

USA Today has an article, Bull, bear show up together in ads for trading about the use of furries in advertisements. and their effectiveness I got a grin from the following quote:


Such icons "are an easier, more palatable way for people to accept they've lost half their money."

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Bovine-human crossbreeds
Tue 23 Jul 2002 - 19:54

In Interview with a Humanoid (NYTimes, free registration required), Nicholas Kristof writes about a human-animal crossbreed that was new to me (Cow-human), and about our post-human future.

The death of The Secret Lab (Dream Quest Images)
Tue 16 Jul 2002 - 17:09

Aint It Cool News has an article about the death of the company that created George of the Jungle's elephant, Mighty Joe Young, the creatures for Dinosaur, many of the dalmatians for 102 Dalmatians, and the dragons for Reign of Fire.