Novel types of chimaeric pig embryos and chimaeric mice, containing both human and animal cells, have been reported at an international conference...
Functional mouse induced pluripotent stem cells were generated using genes originating in an ancient unicellular organism and injected into a mouse embryo to create chimeric mice...
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics gathered scientists, policymakers, regulators and ethicists for an afternoon of talks and discussion on the ethical implications of engineering biology...
A chimeric monkey has been created using embryonic stem cells with two different sets of genes, a new study has demonstrated...
Humanised kidneys have been grown from human stem cells, transplanted into pig embryos, for the first time...
What does it mean to be human? Have you ever questioned the meaning of self or humanity? Dr Yee Yen Goh reviews the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar 2022 award lecture, given by Dr Philip Ball...
A new study, published in Nature, by world-renowned Stanford neuroscientist Professor Sergiu Pasca involved the transfer of human brain organoids into the brains of rats. Here, Dr Insoo Hyun, director of the Centre for Life Sciences and Public Learning at the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts, speaks with Professor Pasca about his research...
A recent episode of Genetics Unzipped 'Have a heart: the science of xenotransplantation' talked about the process of transplanting organs from animals into human bodies...
The fourth session of the Progress Educational Trust's 2021 annual conference explored the dilemmas regulators face when trying to create legislation to safeguard fertility treatment and embryo research...
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