Some research institutions in the United States are moving ahead with attempts to grow human tissue inside of pigs and sheep with the goal of creating hearts, livers, or other organs needed for transplants. The ethical debate over inserting human stem cells into days-old animal embryos, then gestating them in female livestock, is because the experiments could blur the line between the species. What would happen, for instance, if those animals “cognitive state” was altered by placing human brain cells in these creatures?
While none of the animals, so far, have been brought to term, questions still remain about the “cutting-edge” technologies. Mixing human stem cells with those of animals is still banned by U.S. government funding agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Harvesting human organs from animals and transplanting them in human beings is the ultimate goal of the controversial research. “As a precaution, researchers working with farm-animal chimeras haven’t yet permitted any to be born, but instead are collecting fetuses in order to gather preliminary information about how great the contribution of human cells is to the animals’ bodies.”
The United States does not have a federal law restricting the creation of chimeras. Scientists are trying to discover the best conditions for human cells to create organs within the animals. The research injects human cells into the animal embryo at the earliest stage. They then specialize and can contribute to any part of the animal’s body.
“But if there was one sin above another which called for the destruction of the race by the flood, it was the base crime of amalgamation of man and beast which defaced the image of God, and caused confusion everywhere.”
The Spirit of Prophecy, Vol 1, page 69
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slessor
Friday February 12th, 2016 at 01:55 PMIndeed scientists are trying to meddle with Gods creation!
The result will be the destruction of humanity as in the story of Sodom and Gommorah!
What brought down the tower of Babel?
let them find out!
Jeanne Garrett
Friday February 12th, 2016 at 03:58 PMAmen!
Marlene Franz
Friday February 12th, 2016 at 08:57 PMThe source reference for this article does not match the content.
admin
Saturday February 13th, 2016 at 08:48 AMThanks for the heads up. The problem has been resolved.
Heracklis
Friday February 12th, 2016 at 10:48 PMThe “source reference” is labeled incorrectly, but it links to the correct source document.
admin
Saturday February 13th, 2016 at 08:47 AMThanks for the heads up. The problem has been resolved.
Scott
Saturday February 13th, 2016 at 09:45 PMDo you think the dinosaurs that were destroyed were the confused species made by man?
“Every species of animal which God had created were preserved in the ark. The confused species which God did not create, which were the result of amalgamation, were destroyed by the Flood. Since the Flood there has been amalgamation of man and beast, as may be seen in the almost endless varieties of species of animals, and in certain races of men.”
Ruben
Saturday February 20th, 2016 at 07:28 PMCould you please give reference to Scot’s quotation?
admin
Sunday February 21st, 2016 at 08:19 AMSpiritual Gifts vol. 3, p. 75, par. 2.
LINDA MARJEAN POELLNITZ
Saturday February 20th, 2016 at 11:10 PMWHERE IN THIS WORLD DID BIG-FOOT COME FROM??
Richard
Friday February 26th, 2016 at 06:38 AMWhat big foot?