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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] 2 points 1 year ago

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

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