Salk scientists create the world’s first human/monkey chimeras in China — cue the controversy
Scientists at the world-famous Salk Institute have been at work creating embryos in China that are part human, part monkey in a first step toward determining the feasibility of growing organs for human transplants in primates.
Spain’s El Pais talked with Salk investigator Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte — an internationally acclaimed scientist named one of Time magazine’s 50 most influential people in healthcare for 2018 for his work on chimeras.
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