World's first-ever human-monkey hybrid embryo in a lab in China
A Spanish scientist has grown the world's first-ever human-monkey hybrid in a lab in China which was viable and could have been born — but the process was aborted.
Researchers formed the hybrid embryo by genetically modifying monkey embryos to deactivate genes that are essential for the formation of organs.
They then injected the embryo with human stem cells — which are capable of creating any type of tissue — into the embryo.
Although the breakthrough experiment is an important step towards using animals for human organ transplants, it had to take place in Chine to avoid 'legal issues'....
