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. …

[OrangeHoof]

The first pig who can scratch his butt?

[neverevergiveup]

Companies were trying to make transplantable organs in pigs well over 15 years ago. The problem was that the pigs were infected at a high rate with a virus that would not be a good idea to transplant into a human (e.g. porcine endogenous retrovirus).

Mainland China science isn't particularly innovative. It/they just lack ethics.

[Redcitizen]

[bgill]

Another case proving just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

[Wilderness Conservative]

Until they get it right, organs from bicycle thieves and litterers will continue to be harvested.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Fake toothpaste.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I declined that one, too. I am part of their studies for colon cancer (my colon is the envy of many, LOL!) and the breast cancer study.

I don’t mind them looking at my data - but I don’t want to BECOME ‘Data,’ ;)

[Jumper]

Chunks of dna or chicken meat are going to be lab grown for your chicken nuggets soon:)

[luvbach1]

How soon will we have a humanhog?!

[Rebelbase]

I bet they look like a cross between Rep. Al Green and Michael Moore.

[ifinnegan]

Junk science. Meaningless experimental design and results.

[Hot Tabasco]

And I still believe (tinfoil hat in place) that they ARE cloning humans, somehow, somewhere.

I couldn't agree with you more. There are undisclosed labs and clandestine research centers all across the globe that are being financed either by govts or private investors doing who knows what without any oversight whatsoever......Scary stuff.

[moovova]

They’ll sneak into the USA and be voting Dem before you know it.

[Olog-hai]

The mythical chimaera was a lion that had a goat’s head protruding from it’s back that could breathe fire, and a venomous snake for its tail. Hope these “scientists” don’t bother to make something like that.

[Olog-hai]

Arrgh, it’s = its. Spell check/ correct is worthless.

[Right Wing Assault]

I know some people who are part monkey and part pig.

[reformedliberal]

You have obviously never had a Golden Retriever.
____________________________________________________

Really!

Try telling one:

‘No! I will not throw the ball _again_!’
‘Do not jump in the pool!’
“You do not need _another_ tennis ball in your mouth!’

[blitz88]

I think this is just cover story all the organs they are harvesting from criminals, real and created by the state..... What china is doing to its people makes adolf look like a choir boy

[abbastanza]

The first born looks just like Jerry Nadler. Imagine that!

[Redcitizen]

LOL. One of me is more than enough. :)