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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mike" data-source="post: 243478" data-attributes="member: 9271">Maybe we are the mice......... <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0814_020814_sperm.html" target="_blank">Mice Used as Sperm Factories for Pigs, Goats</a> For the first time scientists have been able to produce viable sperm from the tissue of sexually immature mammals—and at the same time produce sperm of one species in the body of another species. In an adult you can always save sperm, but say you have a boy child who is about to undergo chemotherapy. Using this technique you could save a little of the testis tissue to generate sperm when he is grown up. Before this, there was no option for the sexually immature individual." (Or perhaps a clone or synthetic bioform ) The technique also has applications in animal husbandry. Livestock producers could use testicular tissue of genetically very valuable animals to generate sperm and perpetuate a breed or simply the bloodlines of animals possessing valued traits like the ability to produce a lot of milk or wool.Preserving and enhancing populations of endangered species is another potential application for the technique. Interestingly enough this is mirrored in the abduction/hybrid narrative. That they need help propping up thier own failing biological process's</blockquote>