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First live birth of a chimeric monkey using embryonic stem cell lines (medicalxpress.com)

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Gattacca here we come.

This "chimeric" monkey is composed of cells that originate from two genetically distinct embryos of the same species of monkey. This has previously been demonstrated in rats and mice but, until now, has not been possible in other species, including non-human primates.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To be clear, human chimeras already exist naturally, from the fusion of twin embryos in utero. Most of them go entire lives without even realizing it. Only occasionally it pops up in the news when someone receives a negative paternity test and after lots of stress and hairpulling and doctor's visits it turns out that their blood comes from a different cell line than their balls.

Human-ape chimeras are the stuff of bioethicists' nightmares and thankfully illegal everywhere civilized.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Except in the island of Dr Moreau.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I remember an episode of CSI (Las Vegas) about that.

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