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What is a chimera? - New Scientist A chimera is an individual whose body is composed of cells that are genetically distinct, as if they are from different individuals – and sometimes they really are from different individuals
Chimera – Mythopedia The Chimera was a monster with a hybrid body: part lion, part snake, and part goat The hero Bellerophon tracked the Chimera to its remote mountain lair and killed it with the help of his winged steed Pegasus
Human-pig chimeras are being grown – what will they let us do? Human-pig chimeras are being grown in the US The aim of the research, led by Pablo Ross at the University of California, Davis, is to grow organs for transplant The work has been under way for
Pig-human chimeras contain cell surprise - New Scientist Nuclear mix The hybrid cells had both human and pig surface markers But, most surprisingly, the hybrid cell nuclei were found to have chromosomal DNA that contained both human and pig genes The
Male crazy ants have two different sets of DNA in their bodies Most male yellow crazy ants carry two separate sets of DNA, resulting from sperm and egg cells that don’t mix their genetic material after fertilisation This means the males are chimeras
Half human, half beast? - New Scientist If two such chimeras were to mate, it’s possible that a human sperm would fertilise a human egg, resulting in a human embryo growing inside the uterus of an animal
Human cells grown in monkey embryos raise ethical concerns Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte at the Salk Institute in California and his colleagues have produced what are known as human-monkey chimeras, with human stem cells – special cells that have the