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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Well Fellas, we're closer to being obsolete | ||||
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| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 07-10-2001 @ 6:05 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00  | Australian Research Fertilizes Eggs Without Sperm By Marie McInerney ADELAIDE (Reuters) - Australian researchers said on Tuesday they may have found a way to fertilize an egg with cells from any part of the body, rather than sperm--a finding they say offers hope to infertile men. Australian infertility scientist Orly Lacham-Kaplan said early research on mice could produce a breakthrough for many men who have no sperm or sperm-making cells. ``This is the group for which this kind of technique probably will be very helpful,'' she said. ``A lot of these people would like to father their own biological children.'' Lacham-Kaplan said the research, if successful in humans, also theoretically could allow babies to be born without any input from men, although she admitted that such an outcome could open up an ethical can of worms. ``If, as a technology, it would be used as a treatment for infertile couples, then I would accept it very well,'' she told Reuters in an interview. ``However, I think we need to draw the line where it is used, and I believe a lot of ethical groups would draw the line.'' Lacham-Kaplan's research unit at the Monash University's Institute of Reproduction and Development in Melbourne has so far been able to fertilize mice eggs with somatic cells--derived from the non-reproductive parts of the animals' bodies. The process has effectively ``mimicked'' fertilization with sperm, allowing the team to grow embryos in laboratory cultures. The next critical test in the study is to transfer hundreds of those embryos into surrogate mice mothers, to see if they can survive and grow. ``Then we have a long process of testing those pups to see whether they will be born, whether they are normal, whether they are capable of reproducing, and if the offspring from those pups will be normal as well,'' she said. ``If we get live, healthy babies out of those embryos, then we'll say yes, this is a possibility of fertilizing an egg with a somatic cell,'' she said. The mice experiments were expected to take up to a year. If they are successful--and Lacham-Kaplan admits to some doubts--then it will be possible to experiment on humans, although where such trials could take place would be limited. Australia, like many other countries, has banned all experiments involving somatic cell transfer into human eggs, but the United States could be an option, she said. ``At the moment I feel there will be more problems than success, but if it is a success, it will be quite a good surprise,'' she said. ``It would be an incredible breakthrough.'' The narrator in Fight Club is the man we will be, Patrick Bateman in American Psycho is the man we want to be Eliza Dushku- Hotter Than Britney | ||||
| JJ G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Soldier of Fortune Spec Ops Division | posted on 07-10-2001 @ 6:10 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | great thats all we need, women being able to have kids wihtout men. ::sarchasm:: great::sarchasm:: We're all just monkeys!! I have 2 slots open for anyone that wants to be adoptedE-Mail Me and i will get to back to u A.S.A.P, or AIM ople696 | ||||
| Tequila Fez claims this land in the name of Portugal! Why worry about the train if it never makes it around the tracks?? IrishAlkey wuz here!!! | posted on 07-10-2001 @ 6:10 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01 | Time to get rid of a few martians;) AOL/AIM - oanda1027fm | ||||
| bluetarp | posted on 07-10-2001 @ 6:23 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Imagine how fucked up it would be to fertilize eggs with parts of a female bodies cells. The braindead children, incapable of reason. DING DING DING! Is jus a lil joke! Heaaa fishy fishy fishy fishy. And it went, wherever I, did go! | ||||
| The Painter 1/2 a bottle of Jack Daniels... it's a cure-all | posted on 07-10-2001 @ 7:13 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | I guess it really is a Brave New World. | ||||
| Kim | posted on 07-10-2001 @ 7:52 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Obsolete??? Naaaaaa we need someone to mow the lawn and move the furniture...lol ;) "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." -Maya Angelou "A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." -Ingrid Bergman | ||||
| tankGrrl24 | posted on 07-10-2001 @ 7:56 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | AHHHHHH Finally there is a God!!!!!!! I don't have to use the headache excuse again. LMAO JK.:) Men are wonderful!!Besides the best part about kids is making them This message was edited by tankGrrl24 on 7-10-01 @ 8:05 PM | ||||
| Whackbag | posted on 07-10-2001 @ 7:57 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | Thats creepy as hell. | ||||
| Austin The Dark Enforcer/Angry Stoned Pimp G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. New World Order Secret Police Chief Proud Inventor of the "Cream Cheese, Peanut Butter and Jelly" sandwich | posted on 07-10-2001 @ 8:03 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | Oh great another reason for women not to sleep with me. Big thanks to Unicron for the Sig. | ||||
| Filzy Stand up straight Stomach in Shoulders back SOUND OFF!!! | posted on 07-10-2001 @ 8:29 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | I only worry if they can weld better than I can. Otherwise, I'm safe for now. I'm good for labor only if we do become obsolete.  OA.com's headhunter and big brother to a select few One sucessful graduate: whichwaymediumorrare And a brand new headhunter in training: Short hills mall | ||||
| King f-tard | posted on 07-11-2001 @ 8:58 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: I hope I am an Alpha.  | ||||
| Cap'n Fudge | posted on 07-11-2001 @ 10:13 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Women don't need men for manual labor, they have butch chicks that can handle it... Men will always be needed. No woman can come up with fart jokes. I hate this job! I hate this goddamn job and I don't need it!!!  capnfudge@opieanthony.com People say that I neglect my responsibilities But I don't mind cause I'll live longer. Need Adoption??? Now accepting applications for the crew. | ||||
| heyladiladi STONER ON THE SNUKA CBH ROTISSERIE | posted on 07-11-2001 @ 10:24 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: May. 01 | Ew, ick. What is this need people have to have so many children. There are plenty around that need parents already. Waa waa, they are not "Biologically" your's, bah hum bug. I can appreciate it for the Science aspect. Did it to see if they could. But people will want to try it now.  She looked at him with those soft eyes so innocent & blue, | ||||
| Arpikarhu Harmless Teddy I wish Maynard was still posting here so I could implant my head up his ass. Needle dick, bear salesman. I think I'm a revolutionary. Actually, I'm a one trick pony. I enjoy C&BT | posted on 07-11-2001 @ 10:29 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Apr. 01 | there are going to be alot of unopened jars in this world if we become obsolete Arpi Karhu Kauppias Forever!!! graduted by CRXGIRL  | ||||
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| posted on 07-11-2001 @ 11:49 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: Heyladiladi, You hit the f'ing nail right on the head! I know it can be sad when a couple can't have a baby the old fashioned way, but the human race is definitely going to overrun the earth if we keep producing so many kids. I think that modern molecular biology will cause some kind of imbalance b/c it will take away some of the checks and balances that used to be present in the reproductive process. Josh  | ||||
| WhatsInMyPants | posted on 07-11-2001 @ 12:35 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | men obsolete? i could get used to that. hey, but i'm not bitter. ;)  | ||||
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| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00 | JJ, is the "h" in "sarchasm" silent? Funny how ev'rything was roses When we held on to the guns Write To Me Here Oh, I believe in yesterday's got nothing for me | ||||
I have Cool-Mod-Powers and can read the Cool-Mod-Forum, then I drive home in my Cool-Mod-Car UFC | posted on 07-12-2001 @ 2:43 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Oh great... like I didn't have enough trouble picking up the ladies as it is!! ugh!! No! I am NOT a Goth Dude!! "Good? Bad? I'm the guy with the gun!" | ||||
| Filzy Stand up straight Stomach in Shoulders back SOUND OFF!!! | posted on 07-12-2001 @ 6:50 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Why does Planet of the Apes come to mind when I read this topic? Now if this really does happen in the near future, Men will only be good for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Experiments, and Stem cell research. OA.com's headhunter and big brother to a select few One sucessful graduate: whichwaymediumorrare And a brand new headhunter in training: Short hills mall | ||||
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