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First human-pig chimeras created, raising hopes for transplantable organs

By January 30, 2017News
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Pig embryos that had been injected with human stem cells when they were only a few days old began to grow organs containing human cells, scientists reported on Thursday, an advance that promises — or threatens — to bring closer the routine production of creatures that are part human and part something else.

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