Researcher calls for animal-human embryo research to proceed, but with strong animal protections
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 18:41
in Biology & Nature
A researcher calls for animal-human embryo research to proceed – but only with strong animal protections in place. So-called "chimera" research raises the hope of producing human organs in genetically modified large animals, such as pigs and sheep, offering a potential solution to the persistent shortage of human organs for transplantation.