Scientists Create a Sheep that's 15% Human

Scientists Create a Sheep that's 15% Human

DailyMail.com

Scientists have created the world's first human-sheep chimera - which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs.

The sheep have 15 per cent human cells and 85 per cent animal cells - and their evolution brings the prospect of animal organs being transplanted into humans one step closer.

Professor Esmail Zanjani, of the University of Nevada, has spent seven years and £5million perfecting the technique, which involves injecting adult human cells into a sheep's foetus.

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[edit on 3/25/2007 by shots]

Looks like the first real sheeple have arrived, I just hope they do not turn into 'Frankensteins

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[edit on 3/25/2007 by shots]

Fifteen percent? That must be the 15% that still support the Republican party.