The potential of stem cells for various treatments keeps scientists, like a team at the Salk Institute, to continually develop ways to produce human/animal (chimera) stem cells. Now, the chimera that ...

"Has science gone too far?" has become something of a meme of late. People post the question sarcastically on images of homemade Oreos with cream from 100 of the cookies, or a fast-food sandwich where ...

Flights of fantasy have long envisioned animals with human traits. George Lucas’ “Star Wars” entertained millions of movie fans with an iconic tavern scene where all manner of beastly aliens packed a ...

The first live birth of a chimeric monkey with a high proportion of cells derived from a stem cell line was reported by researchers in China who see opportunities to study human diseases and create ...

Is Venus the two-faced cat really a chimera? Genetics explained, with added kittens. By Alex Hern Venus the cat has been in the news. She has heterochromia – that is, her two eyes are different ...

Efforts by researchers to grow the first embryos containing cells from humans and pigs proved more challenging than anticipated, they report in a new study. Human/animal chimeras can offer insights ...

Scientists at the University at Buffalo and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute have bred a new form of human-mouse chimera with the highest incidence of human cells ever recorded. Chimeras are ...

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 ...