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Researchers Successfully Made A Second Attempt At Producing Human-Monkey Chimeras, By Infusing Human Stem Cells Into 132 Embryos Of Long-Tailed Macaques. But The Embryos Were Then Terminated 19 Days After Injecting The Stem Cells. Chimeras May Be Unethical, But May Help In Drug Tests Or To Overcome Donor Organs/Tissues Shortages Globally.
Human cells grown in monkey embryos reignite ethics debate | Medical research | The GuardianScientists confirm they have produced ‘chimera’ embryos from long-tailed macaques and humans