For the first time in history, a team of British scientists have successfully merged human and animal embryos, only a short time before the House of Commons will try to regulate this field of research, which has sparked plenty of controversy.
The scientists mixed human DNA with a cow's empty eggs(the ones on the inside, for the confused readers out there), creating the first mixed embryo ever. So what does this mean? This is a rather monumental step closer to using stem-cells to cure diseases and deformities.
"The BBC reported that the Newcastle cybrids(cytoplasmic hybrids) lived for three days and that the largest grew to contain 32 cells. The ultimate aim is to grow these for six days and then to extract embryonic stem cells for use in research."
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