Scientists Create Homo Bovine Sapiens

by Andy Wibbels on April 1, 2008

Egg shortages are causing scientists to seek other methods of sourcing materials:

Under the microscope the round bundles of cells look like any other three-day-old embryos. In fact they are hybrids – part-human, part-animal. They were created by injecting DNA derived from human skin cells into eggs taken from cows ovaries which have had virtually all their genetic material removed.

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Anne Kaplan April 1, 2008 at 4:49 pm

Is this an April Fool’s joke?

Andy Wibbels April 2, 2008 at 8:38 am

I sure hope so!

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