Scientists produce and destroy part-human, mostly-pig, chimeras

COGwriter Pig-human chimeras have been produced and destroyed: January 27, 2017 In what’s being hailed a scientific “tour de force,” American researchers have succeeded in creating human-pig chimera embryos with the ultimate goal of one day growing human organs in animals for transplant. So far, none of the interspecies embryos have been allowed to grow beyond [...]