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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01001-2

First monkey–human embryos reignite debate over hybrid animals
The chimaeras lived up to 19 days — but some scientists question the need for such research.

Scientists have successfully grown monkey embryos containing human cells for the first time — the latest milestone in a rapidly advancing field that has drawn ethical questions.

In the work, published on 15 April in Cell, the team injected monkey embryos with human stem cells and watched them develop. They observed human and monkey cells divide and grow together in a dish, with at least 3 embryos surviving to 19 days after fertilization. “The overall message is that every embryo contained human cells that proliferate and differentiate to a different extent,” says Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a developmental biologist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, and one of the researchers who led the work.

Researchers hope that some human–animal hybrids — known as chimaeras — could provide better models in which to test drugs, and be used to grow human organs for transplants. Members of this research team were the first to show in 20192 that they could grow monkey embryos in a dish for up to 20 days after fertilization. In 2017, they reported a series of other hybrids: pig embryos grown with human cells, cow embryos grown with human cells, and rat embryos grown with mouse cells.



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And mice with human ears growing on their backs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacanti_mouse

Off of this, right wingers are repeating in unison: “see, Alex Jones was RIGHT!”

Well, a bit of brakes would do well here. The 80% pig and 80% gorilla aren’t talking to each other...yet.

Once they're more comfortable with each other, they'll start casual chat, then serious talk, then casual dating, then necking, then heavy petting...

“some scientists question the need for such research”

How about “because it’s fun”? Who wouldn’t want a monkey man as a friend? You could have a real life wookie.

Imagine having a pet who could both fetch AND open your beer!!

I think something went wrong with my covid vaccination. I have turned into a werewolf.