Human-Pig Hybrid Created in the Lab—Here Are the Facts
- Scientists hope the chimera embryos represent key steps toward life-saving lab-grown organs.
- In a remarkable—if likely controversial—feat, scientists announced today that they have created the first successful human-animal hybrids. The proje… See more
- There are two ways to make a chimera. The first is to introduce the organs of one animal into another—a risky proposition, …
- The other method is to begin at the embryonic level, introducing one animal’s cells into the embryo o… See more
- The team then took stem cells from rats and injected them into pig blastocysts. T…
- But pigs have a notable similarity to humans. Though they take less time to g…
- Not that these similarities made the task any easier. The team d… See more
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