Gods and Monsters. Mark Dowie.
by Dowie, Mark; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 6Human Relations. Publisher: Mother Jones, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Animals | Bioethics | Genetic engineering | Human beings | Hybridization | Mosaicism | Patent laws and legislation | U.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Newman's patent application is for an intriguing biotechnological contrivance called a chimera....Created by injecting the embryonic stem cells of one or more species into the embryo of another species and then allowing that embryo to continue development in the womb of either species, a biological chimera is a way to hybridize two or more species that won't cross sexually." (MOTHER JONES) This article examines one scientist's push to create a human/animal chimera and discusses the complex ethical questions it has raised.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Gods and Monsters, Jan./Feb. 2004; pp. 48+.
"Newman's patent application is for an intriguing biotechnological contrivance called a chimera....Created by injecting the embryonic stem cells of one or more species into the embryo of another species and then allowing that embryo to continue development in the womb of either species, a biological chimera is a way to hybridize two or more species that won't cross sexually." (MOTHER JONES) This article examines one scientist's push to create a human/animal chimera and discusses the complex ethical questions it has raised.
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