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And So It Begins: US Government Lifts Ban on Part-Human, Part-Animal Embryos; Chimeras
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 30879431:MV8zMjU4OTkyXzMyQ0JEREEx] -CHIMERAS: US Government Set To Lift Ban on Chimera Research The National Institutes of Health is planning to lift a moratorium on funding for research studying the effects of injecting animal embryos with human stem cells. The agency last year issued a moratorium for such funding while it studied the issue further. But NPR is reporting the NIH plans to lift that reprieve and allow scientists to conduct so-called “Chimera” experiments under strict and closely monitored parameters. “They want to take human stem cells and put them inside these animal embryos, in the hopes that the human stem cells, which can become any kind of cell or tissue in the body, will become integrated into the embryos and then develop into animals that have partially or even fully human parts in their bodies,” said NPR health correspondent Rob Stein on Thursday.….(More at source link) [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_8tE8sfkY4[/youtube] [/quote]
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-CHIMERAS: US Government Set To Lift Ban on Chimera Research
The National Institutes of Health is planning to lift a moratorium on funding for research studying the effects of injecting animal embryos with human stem cells.
The agency last year issued a moratorium for such funding while it studied the issue further. But NPR is reporting the NIH plans to lift that reprieve and allow scientists to conduct so-called “Chimera” experiments under strict and closely monitored parameters.
“They want to take human stem cells and put them inside these animal embryos, in the hopes that the human stem cells, which can become any kind of cell or tissue in the body, will become integrated into the embryos and then develop into animals that have partially or even fully human parts in their bodies,” said NPR health correspondent Rob Stein on Thursday.….(More at source link)
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