{"id":4408,"date":"2006-11-07T09:18:49","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T14:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2006\/11\/07\/because-dr-frankenstein-wasnt-progressive-enough\/"},"modified":"2006-11-07T09:18:49","modified_gmt":"2006-11-07T14:18:49","slug":"because-dr-frankenstein-wasnt-progressive-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2006\/11\/because-dr-frankenstein-wasnt-progressive-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Because Dr. Frankenstein wasn&#039;t progressive enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bi\">UK scientists have applied for permission to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bi\">Researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London, have asked the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for a three-year licence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bi\">The hybrid human-bovine embryos would be used for stem cell research and would not be allowed to develop for more than a few days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bi\">But critics say it is unethical and potentially dangerous.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/health\/6121280.stm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/article.png\" width=\"76\" height=\"26\" border=\"0\"><\/a>  \n<\/p>\n<p class=\"blog\">I guess they want to create a missteak or perhaps dairy farms will start delivering the milk of human kindness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blog\">Kathy Shaidle&#8217;s headline was <a href=\"http:\/\/relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/dont-have-man-cow.html\">Don&#8217;t have a man-cow<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK scientists have applied for permission to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs. Researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London, have asked the Human Fertilisation and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-punditry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}