Mice Two Dads: Scientists Create Mice With Two Genetic Fathers

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We've got lots of critters here on the TWM blog lately...

It was announced yesterday that reproductive scientists in Texas, led by Dr. Richard R. Behringer at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, have produced male and female mice from two fathers using stem cell technology. Quite a few news outlets have sensationalized the news by frightening readers or painting campy scenarios not too different from the Schwarzengger film "Junior."

Rather than highlighting these wild projections, Discover Magazine's straightforward explanation describes how this was done and that for human reproduction this is a long way from being achieved.

Where would this be useful? One benefit we could think of is to preserve highly endangered species. Another would be the creators of the '80s sitcom My Two Dads could also make out well by resurrecting the show with this updated twist.

Clone of a clone: Dolly Lives On

Professor Keith Campbell, one of the scientists who cloned Dolly the sheep, recently announced that four sheep cloned from Dolly's tissue are alive and well. If you recall, Dolly was the first clone. She lived to six years, about half the life span of most sheep. In 2003 she died and about four years later, these four Dollies were created. These new clones apparently do not have the health issues that Dolly had and advancements in technology made the process of making them much easier. 


Read more about it at DailyTech.

Photos from You, Me and We Premiere

Thanks to everyone who came out to the W Hollywood on Nov. 16 for the first public screening of You, Me and We. This was the first time we showed the finished piece to most of the cast and crew. We were thrilled with the crowd's response - there was laughter and uncomfortable throat clearing at all the right moments. The Q&A after also proved the short's appeal with the audience, we had a lot of thoughtful questions and comments. There really is nothing like having a collective group of viewers watch your work and totally get it! A big shout-out to Film Independent for organizing the event and providing the free Stella Artois beforehand.

Dubai as a Backdrop for Star Wars

Photographer Cédric Delsaux took real photos of Dubai & composited Star Wars imagery for his new exhibit Dark Lens.

My VCR collection VHS recorder

Panasonic best
Then comes next is JVC
And three is Sony

The most perfect tech-haiku ever...

You, Me and We Screening Nov. 16 @ W Hollywood

Film Independent has been kind enough to screen our short You, Me and We as part of the Cinema Lounge series on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. at the W Hollywood. We're looking forward to showing it to the cast and crew who worked so hard on it. The short was inspired by one of  the group therapy scenes in Things We've Made. With such great performances we found there was ample material to make this into a short. You, Me and We has helped greatly as a tool to establish the world of TWM (some exciting news about that later).

You can come check it out too, along with a few other shorts made by some talented filmmakers. Click here for more info on the screening.

See you there!

Don't Mess with Lil' Robocop

Here at the TWM blog, you know we are all about embracing low-tech and being creative with limitations. It's more out of necessity but when done right, it can simply be rad. So we loved finding these pics of Lil' Robocop! The costume was created by an industrious parent using plastic containers and a bike helmet. Saving the earth and making a miniature badass at the same time.

 

More pics here.