Human-Animal Synthetic Organisms:
Asymmetric Threats
London, UK - 24th March 2008, 22:07 GMT
Dear ATCA Colleagues
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After 10 years of stem cell research, scientists are now
facing difficulty with cell therapy from the present human embryonic stem
cell experimentation. The next phase involves human-animal combinations
via Chimeras, Hybrids and Cybrids.
1. A Chimera is produced when a human embryo is fused with an animal embryo;
2. An Hybrid is produced when a human female egg is fertilised with animal
sperm or vice-versa; and
3. A "Cybrid" is produced when an animal cell's genetic material
is removed and replaced with human genetic material.
Some key questions arise:
1. Should human genetic material be fused with animal cells to create clones
of hybrids and cybrids for research?
2. Are human body replacement parts which are part human and part animal
appropriate?
Patricia Piccinini's "The Young Family"
reflects on the perils of creating human-animal synthetic organisms
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