Genetic modification can be a touchy subject in scientific circles, especially when the life form being modified is an animal. Researchers fear that the consequences of rogue scientists “playing God” will lead us down a scary path, and they may be right, but the Japanese government just took a careful step forward by approving the creation of human-rodent hybrids.
Geneticist Hiromitsu Nakauchi and his team plan to use human cells to grow organs in mouse and rat embryos, eventually allowing the embryos to be carried to term and birthed as the first documented human-animal hybrids.
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Scientists in Japan get clearance for growing human-animal hybrids originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 00:09:44 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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