Frankenswine

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🗓️ 19 April 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Maybe you've heard about the pig brains that were resuscitated by Yale researchers? But did you hear about the human brain genes that were inserted into monkey embryos in China? Vox's Brian Resnick and Sigal Samuel explain some scary science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The podcast begins in just a moment before it does though going through it is a new male
0:04.4	chimp original podcast hosted by Ann Friedman and featuring stories from 14 different women.
0:10.9	I guarantee you've heard of at least some of them.
0:13.4	It's about moments in their lives, careers, and relationships when they had to decide
0:16.8	whether to quit or to keep going.
0:19.1	Don't quit on this podcast, going through it.
0:21.9	Subscribe and listen now.
0:22.9	If you've got a podcast app, I bet it's there.
0:30.0	Brian Reznik, science, Vox, are there really zombie pigs now?
0:38.6	Kind of?
0:39.6	Kind of zombie pigs.
0:40.6	Kind of, yeah.
0:41.6	Is it like in the movies?
0:42.8	A controversial experiment has some experts questioning what it means to be alive.
0:54.9	Scientists at Yale University have successfully restored the brain selectivity of pigs,
0:59.8	which were killed hours early.
1:02.1	I opened the skull to investigate and found this.
1:05.8	The brain has gone up.
1:07.3	How did the pig tracks get on the seal on?
1:10.6	The entire spinal cord is missing.
1:12.8	Spidey pig, spidey pig.
1:15.4	Where's the brain and spinal cord gone?
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