【中国】人間への組織移植の研究のために豚と猿のキメラを誕生させる:ほとんど豚で生まれ一週間以内に死亡
・Pig monkey hybrids created in China genetics lab in bizarre world first
The Chinese team is just one of several racing to create perfect hosts for human organs – extending human lifespans massively
Chinese scientists have created pig monkey hybrids – paving the way to a future in which human organs could be custom-grown in animals for transplant.
“This is the first report of full-term monkey-pig chimeras”, Tang Hai at the State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology in Beijing told New Scientist.
The animals had only a small amount of monkey DNA – concentrated in the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and skin cells. The team is now trying to create healthy animals with a higher proportion of monkey cells, says Hai.
