Bringing Monkeys Back From the Dead

Bringing Monkeys Back From the Dead

by A Person | Published on June 30th, 2010, 11:35 am | Science

The San Diego Zoo has announced a plan to use frozen skin cells from a dead endangered drill monkey, convert them into sperm using viruses, and use them to impregnate female monkeys

New Scientist

Interesting trick. Wonder what sort of problems would be found when trying to create a population with such low genetic diversity? Would it be a long-tern futile effort? Or would it be simply a project to learn how to do this in hopes of reviving other species in the future?

Surely BHL would offer his sperm, no? He wouldn't all those possible babies aborted?

But do the monkeys love Jesus? It's a requirement June 30th, 2010, 12:46 pm

But do the monkeys love Jesus? It's a requirement

So lets say scientist create a monkey human hybrid (quite possibly already have) ... Would it be okay to abort one under Biblical law?

The team's long-term goal is to coax iPS cells into becoming sperm and eggs.You could actually breed from animals that are dead.The sperm and eggs could be used in IVF treatments to add genetic diversity to captive breeding programmes.

Another mangled quote from the original article.

The team's long-term goal is to coax iPS cells into becoming sperm and eggs. They will be making iPS cells from tissue held by San Diego zoo's Frozen Zoo project - which has samples from some 8400 individuals representing more than 800 species. The sperm and eggs could be used in IVF treatments to add genetic diversity to captive breeding programmes. "You could actually breed from animals that are dead," says Loring

Is Lewis is about to spring spam upon us?

A Person wrote:Another mangled quote from the original article.

Is Lewis is about to spring spam upon us?

I assume so.... these spammers are getting more creative... the IP is from India... which typically is the case...