Mouse with Human Ear!
Ah gawd! Please don’t fuck with the DNA anymore you crazy scientists!
1997) The mouse had been implanted with a tumor of human cartilage and a form had been placed over the back so that the tumor would grow into the shape of an ear. While the mouse wasn’t genetically engineered to make a human ear, the production of the cartilage tumor cells involved genetic engineering.
via ohbulan
Tags: cartilage, dna, genetic engineering, human ear, scientists, shape, tumor cells
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September 18th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
You are completely wrong about this. This experiment never use any genetic engineering or human cells for that matter. A scafolding of biodegradeable material made out of the same material dissolving stitches are made out of was fashioned into the shape of a 3 year old’s ear. Carilage from a cow was then placed in the scafolding and the whole thing was implanted under the skin, but above the muscle of a nude mouse.
A nude mouse was used because they have no immune system that would reject the cow cells. The mouse started to grow very thin blood vessels that were able to supply the cartilage with nutrients and the cartilage started to grow with the mouse. By the time the scafolding material dissolved, there was enough cartilage there to maintain the structure of the outer ear.
It was never transplanted because, since it contained no human tissue, it would have been rejected by a human.
Not genetic engineering, just good old science.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Holy. Flippin. Muffincakes. That’s just disturbing….
December 19th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Thanks the author!