Human-animal Hybrid Embryo Experiment: Gospel versus Disaster?

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Published Aug 15, 2019
DOI https://doi.org/10.15354/si.19.pe030

Morgan Springer
Group of Genetic Biology, Division of Biology and Chemistry, The BASE, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA.

Fuzhou Wang
Group of Neuropharmacology and Neurophysiology, Division of Neuroscience, The BASE, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA.

Juan H. Jersey  
Group of Embryology, Division of Medicine and Public Health, The BASE, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA.

Donne Will
Group of Ethics and Humanity, Division of Society and Politics, The BASE, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA.

Abstract

The academic debate on the study of human and animal embryos has never stopped. Despite the great expectations of scientists, the human-animal embryo hybrid experiment costs a lot and requires high technology as the endorsement, and is highly questioned internationally. Human and animal embryo experiments are contrary to ethics, and the results of cross-species hybrid embryos are unpredictable, or cause zoonotic diseases or human catastrophe. The human and animal parts of the human “chimera” embryo will develop independently, and the DNA of the two will not be mixed. It is still far from being able to use the organs obtained from the mixed embryos of humans and animals to carry out organ transplants to save more lives.

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Keywords

Human-animal Embryo Hybridization, Organ Transplantation, Ethical Debate, Human Future

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How to Cite
Springer, M., Wang, F., Jersey, J. H., & Will, D. (2019). Human-animal Hybrid Embryo Experiment: Gospel versus Disaster?. Science Insights, 30(1), 58–62. https://doi.org/10.15354/si.19.pe030
Issue
Vol. 30 No. 1 (2019)
Section
Review
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