Ethics row after human-monkey embryo created in major scientific breakthrough

Ethics row after human-monkey embryo created in major scientific breakthrough Scientists have grown human cells in monkey embryos with the aim to understand more about how cells develop and communicate with each other.

Researchers from the Salk Institute in California have produced what is known as monkey-human chimeras, with human stem cells - special cells that have the ability to develop into many different cell types - inserted in macaque embryos in petri dishes in the lab. The Daily Telegraph

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• Human cells grown in monkey embryos spark ethical debate BBC News