Exploring the Ethics of Creating Chimeric 'Monkey-Human' Embryos: Could Xenotransplantation, the Treatment of Anencephalic Infants, or Synthetic Human Embryos Provide Insights?

Induced human extended pluripotent stem cells (hEPSC) have been injected into monkey blastocysts to create chimeric embryos. Chimera research is a scientific technique which seeks to develop human organs for transplantation, but it has raised concerns regarding human cells contributing to the brain...

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Publicado en:New Bioethics Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 13 - 32
Autor principal: O'Keeffe, Francis J.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2025
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