The federal government may soon lift its ban on funding research that uses so-called human-animal chimeras. But what medical benefits could such research bring? Yesterday, the National Institutes of ...

Transplant surgery that transfers body tissues and organs must wait indefinitely until a donor is not found. Technologies that might be the light to eliminate such transplantation waiting states are ...

Scientists in the U.S. could soon be allowed to create part-human, part-animal embryos in the laboratory, now that a nation-wide moratorium on chimera research is under official review. In biology, ...

Federal health officials said Thursday they are reconsidering a moratorium on the funding of research in which human tissues are transplanted into early, nonhuman embryos — creating organisms known as ...

Developments which sound science fiction could become fact as research continues Scientists are working on an embryo that's part human, part animal as they seek a breakthrough in treating a wide range ...

In Greek mythology, a chimera is a figure with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent. But the concept is not entirely imaginary. Human chimeras are people who have cells ...

The federal government is planning to lift a moratorium on funding for research studying the effects of injecting animal embryos with human stem cells, creating half-human half-animal hybrids. The ...

The federal government may soon lift its ban on funding research that uses so-called human-animal chimeras. But what medical benefits could such research bring? Yesterday, the National Institutes of ...

Federal health officials said Thursday they are reconsidering a moratorium on the funding of research in which human tissues are transplanted into early, nonhuman embryos — creating organisms known as ...

Scientists are working on an embryo that's part human, part animal as they seek a breakthrough in treating a wide range of diseases. It's hoped that the organisms, known as chimeras, may be suitable ...