World's first monkey-pig hybrids are born in Chinese lab as part of ground-breaking bid to grow human organs inside animals for transplants

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 04:41 EST, 7 December 2019 | Luke Andrews

[Olog-hai]

Two chimera piglets containing monkey DNA have been born in China.

Although both died within a week and appeared to be normal, the baby animals had genetic material from cynomolgus monkeys in their heart, liver, spleen, lung and skin.

Scientists said the research, which required more than 4,000 embryos to get the piglets, aims to find ways of growing human organs in animals for transplantation.

“This is the first report of full-term monkey-pig chimeras”, Tang Hai at the State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology in Beijing told New Scientist.

Five-day old piglet embryos had monkey stem cells injected into them that had been adjusted to produce a flourescent (sic) protein, allowing researchers to find out where the cells ended up. […]

Neuroscientist Douglas Munoz at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, said that research projects like this “just really ethically scares me. For us to start to manipulate life functions in this kind of way without fully knowing how to turn it off, or stop it if something goes awry, really scares me.”

However, China shows no sign of stopping after proposing in July to create monkeys with partially human-derived brains in order to better study diseases like Alzheimer’s. …

[faithhopecharity]

monkey-pig hybrids are NOT new at ALL

just look at almost any of the “D” politicians in WashingtonDC

[real saxophonist]

The late Lewis Grizzard often wrote and talked about the pig valve in his heart.

[Carl Vehse]

In the U.S. we’ve had pig-monkeys for years. They’re called Demonicrats.

[StAnDeliver]

"Bacon Sandwich? Funny name for a ferret, innit?"

Dude, that show, in fact I'm gonna spool up that very One right now. That might be the best, at least Top3..

[Pearls Before Swine]

Not impressed until they make them fly!

Oh, I dunno. Walking might be enough:

[redshawk]

How about making a goat that explodes when humped?
That’s progress we can use.

[Sacajaweau]

Oh I agree. I'd say the overall goal is a "parts" store.

And you think prescription drugs are expensive?

I would guess "part" would require meds for life.

[I want the USA back]

How long before they put human genes in a monkey and claim the monkey is a person with rights?

[dsrtsage]

We already have a billion muslims, why engineer new ones?

[null and void]

China shows no sign of stopping after proposing in July to create monkeys with partially human-derived brains

You want War for the Planet of the Apes?

This is how you get War for the Planet of the Apes</Archer>

[null and void]

I’m in!

[Carriage Hill]

This is not going to end well, for anyone.

[SpaceBar]

The best the biological sciences can do at the moment is to unfaithfully mimic/mock/distort/pervert nature. Mary Shelley figured it out.

[American in Israel]

Perfect animal to allow cross species transfer of monkey hemorrhagic fever type diseases like ebola.

[real saxophonist]

You have obviously never had a Golden Retriever.

[perfect stranger]

https://scottsigler.com/book/ancestor/

[coaster123]

Observation leaves little doubt that magic-like tech is being hidden and kept from non-elite society.

[Hugh the Scot]

True. My experience is limited to human females.

[PghBaldy]