[Pharmboy]

This probably would work for humans, and is pretty scary. We would not do this, but what about elsewhere in the world? Brave New World we are here...

[Pharmboy]

Go here for pics of the rhesus-macaque cross.

[Pharmboy]

Aldous Huxley call yer office...

[alexander_busek]

[...] monkeys developed from stem cells taken from two separate embryos. [...] In mice, either totipotent or pluripotent cells from two different animals can be combined to transform into an embryo that later becomes a chimeric animal.

I understand that a chimera is an individual made up of cells from two different species, yet this article consistently speaks only of two different "embryos" or "animals."

True, there is also mention of the test animals being "rhesus-macaques," but then - as far as I know - that might be merely the name of a rare species. Can anyone confirm that the chimeric individuals involved here genuinely consist of cells of two different species?

Regards,

[a fool in paradise]

It’s okay to mash-up monkey embryos because they are sub-human. Some scientists in England and elsewhere have pushed for the mashing up of human cells with monkey matter. Those too would be sub-human test subjects. The Nazis considered Jews to be sub-human.

We all know where this road leads.

[A. Patriot]

Calling Doctor Moreau, calling Doctor Moreau.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau

[Bigg Red]

I hope Dr. Frankenstein is not lurking....