It's like the scientists of the world have never watched those terrible 50s B movies where people get crossed with animals and then go on the rampage, killing indiscrimanately and causing endless property damage. 

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Plan to create human-cow embryos

UK scientists have applied for permission to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs.

Researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London, have asked the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for a three-year licence.

The hybrid human-bovine embryos would be used for stem cell research and would not be allowed to develop for more than a few days.

But critics say it is unethical and potentially dangerous.

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Ho hum.  I guess we can say goodbye to Newcastle when their horrible Man/Cow combination wreaks havoc in Geordie Town, chewing the cud and demanding to be milked...