Human/Pig Emybro
1 2018-08-29T00:45:23-07:00 Sigi Jöttkandt 4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d 30986 3 Human / Pig Hybrid created at Salk Institute, pictured. The dramatic organ shortage of transplantation has paved way for the atypical construction of interspecies chimeras. The future endeavour of stem cell research has engineered that these chimeras will be a host to growing human organs which will be utilised for organ transplants. Human stem cells are injected into pig ‘hosts’ and the two develop together. Ethical concerns of creating cognizant, sophisticated chimeras have been raised as the prospect of human cells migrating through the host body is a real possibility. Using non-human animals as incubators for human organs largely raises critical concerns to the violation of human and non-human dignity and the natural order. Although human lives can be saved through this new technology, this may seem irrelevant as the cost outweighs the result. plain 2018-08-29T14:14:45-07:00 Sigi Jöttkandt 4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7dThis page is referenced by:
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Animal Worlds: Photo essay
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Exploring the world of the 'chimera'
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"chimera"
from the Oxford English Dictionary.an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation.
A hybrid organism containing animal and non-animal cells becomes an unrecognisable beast living amongst the natural order. This new generation enables bio-medical research to advance investigations, and transform them into existence through the creation of chimeras.Photo essay
