Just in case this story slipped past your news radar...

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Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell (in 2007 on The O'Reilly Factor):

 

"They are -- they are doing that here in the United States. American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains. So they're already into this experiment."

 
 
Video:
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/christine-odonnel-says-scientists-create-mice-with-human-brains-11696793