First Human-Pig ‘Chimera’ Created

January 27th, 2017

Via: Guardian:

Scientists have created a human-pig hybrid in a milestone study that raises the prospect of being able to grow human organs inside animals for use in transplants.

It marks the first time that embryos combining two large, distantly-related species have been produced. The creation of this so-called chimera – named after the cross-species beast of Greek mythology – has been hailed as a significant first step towards generating human hearts, livers and kidneys from scratch.

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4 Responses to “First Human-Pig ‘Chimera’ Created”

  1. Duros says:
    January 28, 2017 at 9:40 pm

    Pigoons? Seriously?

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

  2. Marbles says:
    January 29, 2017 at 12:09 am

    The accidental swine flu that could possibly spread because of this is going to really suck.

  3. Duros says:
    January 29, 2017 at 12:14 am

    That’s the spirit. Shill alert.

  4. Marbles says:
    January 29, 2017 at 9:33 am

    I was just doing my taxes and decided to probe a bit deeper on my W-2’s — and Oh My God, @Duros, you’re right! It goes all the way to Cass Sunstein’s special off-the-books project!

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