The federal government announced plans Thursday to lift a moratorium on funding of certain controversial experiments that use human stem cells to create animal embryos that are partly human. The ...

Animals with human brain cells might have a higher moral status. This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign ...

LONDON — British scientists will be allowed to create part-human, part-animal embryos for research into potentially life-saving medical treatments, the British government signaled this week. The ...

This French sci-fi tale plunges us into a world where a mysterious sickness turns humans into strange, sometimes terrifying part-animal creatures. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Hosted by Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton and Produced by Day’s Edge Productions, the Series Airs on PBS Wednesdays, July 5 – August 9 “HUMAN FOOTPRINT is a modern and exciting addition to our growing ...

For example, is there a percent composition of human neurons incorporated into an animal’s brain that renders such a chimera human? Similarly, other stem cell technologies exist to create mice that ...