Stem cell science has become notorious for obliging society to consider again where it draws the line between human embryonic cells and human beings. Less well known is that it also pushes us to ...

In scientific terms, a chimera is an animal with some DNA from another animal spliced into it. The chimeras you’re hearing so much about in the news are controversial because scientists are inserting ...

In the Iliad, the Greek poet Homer describes a fearsome beast known to inhabit Asia Minor, one known as a chimera. The ferocious creature had the head of a lion, the body of goat and the tail of a ...

Legislators should be careful that regulation of chimera research does not prevent life-saving research. The Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus briefed congressional staffers yesterday on ...

Federal health officials said Thursday they are reconsidering a moratorium on the funding of research in which human tissues are transplanted into early, nonhuman embryos — creating organisms known as ...

MAHE, Seychelles, March 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chimeras is launching the Alpha Version of the game, which becomes available to users from March 30 and will last for 2-3 months. Accompanying the ...

Over the years that scientists have been inserting human cells into the embryos of mice, causing the furry creatures to grow Mini Me versions of human tissues and even brain structures, none of the ...

Jack Peachey is a features writer who's worked at Dualshockers and Game Rant. An animation nerd, his favourite games don't have a genre in common as much as they all have pretty pictures. When not ...

The human genome is far more complex than thought, with genes functioning in an unexpected fashion that scientists have wrongly assumed must indicate cancer, research from the University of Virginia ...