Justin Good — March 26, 2007 — Lifestyle
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Through injecting human cells into a sheep's fetus, “scientists have created the world's first human-sheep chimera- which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs.†The sheep has approximately 15 percent human cells and 85 percent animal cells.
The sheep will ultimately be used for organ transplants.
Implications - Scientists plan to make the process suitable for human transplant by extracting stem cells from the donor's bone marrow and implanting them in the peritoneum of a sheep fetus. Then, once the lamb is born, its liver, heart, lungs and brain would have enough human characteristics to make them suitable for transplanting. Oh, what a brave new world that has such wonders in it!
The sheep will ultimately be used for organ transplants.
Implications - Scientists plan to make the process suitable for human transplant by extracting stem cells from the donor's bone marrow and implanting them in the peritoneum of a sheep fetus. Then, once the lamb is born, its liver, heart, lungs and brain would have enough human characteristics to make them suitable for transplanting. Oh, what a brave new world that has such wonders in it!
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Human-animal Chimeras — The creation of human-sheep chimera opens up new possibilities for creating hybrid organisms with human characteristics.
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Stem Cell Research — The development of human-sheep chimeras highlights the potential of stem cell research in creating functional human organs.
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