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August 18, 2005

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Pigs in Space

Sometimes a blogger will struggle for a title for a post. Other times, they write themselves. The People's Daily says China is to send pig sperm to space. This vital step forward for China's space program is an attempt to see how the DNA is altered in space:

About 14 grams of pig sperm will be taken into space in October this year. Under the effect of microgravity, high radiation and strong magnetic field, DNA of the sperm may alter, said Wang Jinyong from Chongqing Academy of Animal Husbandry Science.

After four or five days in space, the sperm will be brought back to Earth and used to fertilize pig eggs in test tubes. The DNA may change for better or for worse, and we must preserve good changes and eliminate bad ones so as to improve quality of pigs, Wang said.

That's right, China is trying to breed super-pigs. Their poor porcines cousins, confined to the tight bounds of Earth, are spreading streptococus suis and infecting Hong Kongers. Consumers can't wait for genetically modified astropigs.

In other strep sius news, Justin may have found the potential source of the disease in pigs.

And lest you other animals rest easy, it could well be eels in space next.

 posted by Simon on 08.18.05 at 09:45 AM in the China food/environment/health category.




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Comments:

"Sometimes a blogger will struggle for a title for a post."

Or sometimes he will copy it from an identical headline about exactly the same story from another blogger who posted it exactly one month ago to the day:

http://www.flyingchair.net/story.php?storyID=1305

 posted by: Phil on 08.18.05 at 12:11 PM [permalink]

I'm sorry Phil, I didn't see your post from a month ago given I was away.

Great minds adn all that.

 posted by: Simon on 08.18.05 at 12:14 PM [permalink]

Plagiarism is the highest form of flattery - actually I meant to add a smilie after the initial post so you would not mistake the tone in which the reply was meant to be written. I thought it was quite funny.

 posted by: Phil on 08.18.05 at 12:29 PM [permalink]




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