Legionary Father Joseph Tham has strong credentials as an expert on bioethical issues: Before becoming a priest, he earned degrees in mathematical sciences and in medicine and worked for several years ...

A ban will be lifted on federal funding of experiments that use human stem cells to create part-human, part-animal embryos. A ban will be lifted on federal funding of experiments that use human stem ...

It may be futile to try producing stem cells by putting human DNA into cow or rabbit eggs and making hybrid cloned embryos, a strategy that triggered controversy recently in Britain, a new study says.

Much of what scientists learn about the evolution of Earth's first animals will have to be gleaned from spherical embryos fossilized under very specific conditions, according to a new study by Indiana ...

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LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - British regulators decided on Wednesday to permit in principle the creation of hybrid human-animal embryos for research into illnesses such as Parkinson's, Motor Neurone ...

The creation of the United Kingdom’s first human-animal hybrid embryo may increase pressure for tougher regulation of the research, Bloomberg News reports. The Catholic Bishops Conference of England ...

In biomedical research, the concept of chimeras represents a significant advancement that may transform our understanding of human biology. A chimera, defined as an organism with cells originating ...

Regulators decided on Wednesday to permit in principle the creation of hybrid human-animal embryos for research into illnesses such as Parkinson’s, Motor Neuron Disease and Alzheimer’s. The Human ...