Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Scientists told to be careful of monkey-business...

'Human-brained' monkeys:
SCIENTISTS have been warned that their latest experiments may accidently produce monkeys with brains more human than animal.

In cutting-edge experiments, scientists have injected human brain cells into monkey fetuses to study the effects.

Critics argue that if these fetuses are allowed to develop into self-aware subjects, science will be thrown into an ethical nightmare.
(By Nick Buchan of NEWS.com.au)

Scientists said to have replied to critics, "Who, us? Why, we just got done peer reviewing ourselves to be experts last week!"

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