November 12, 2009

Should Human DNA Be Injected into Animals?

LiveScience for November 10, 2009 reported on the ethical values involved with the placing of human DNA in animals.

In fact animal-human hybrid work has been going on for years, and thousands of animals contain human cells or DNA, according to the academy. These are "mostly mice with a single gene sequence of human origin, in widespread use throughout laboratories worldwide." But there are other examples that take the concept further.

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