The potential of stem cells for various treatments keeps scientists, like a team at the Salk Institute, to continually develop ways to produce human/animal (chimera) stem cells. Now, the chimera that ...

A woman finds out she has two sets of DNA – and her son is really her nephew – in a new play about genetics and motherhood by Deborah Stein and Suli Holum We all have moments when we don’t quite feel ...

Flights of fantasy have long envisioned animals with human traits. George Lucas’ “Star Wars” entertained millions of movie fans with an iconic tavern scene where all manner of beastly aliens packed a ...

Even Dr. Frankenstein and his monster would be jealous of this creature. Paleontologists have unearthed the fossil of an ancient crab that lived between 90 and 95 million years ago and is so "utterly ...

"Has science gone too far?" has become something of a meme of late. People post the question sarcastically on images of homemade Oreos with cream from 100 of the cookies, or a fast-food sandwich where ...

The first live birth of a chimeric monkey with a high proportion of cells derived from a stem cell line was reported by researchers in China who see opportunities to study human diseases and create ...

Efforts by researchers to grow the first embryos containing cells from humans and pigs proved more challenging than anticipated, they report in a new study. Human/animal chimeras can offer insights ...

Is Venus the two-faced cat really a chimera? Genetics explained, with added kittens. By Alex Hern Venus the cat has been in the news. She has heterochromia – that is, her two eyes are different ...

The federal government may soon lift its ban on funding research that uses so-called human-animal chimeras. But what medical benefits could such research bring? Yesterday, the National Institutes of ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. When ...

Researchers have created a chimera virus that allows the study of molecules to treat cancers caused by human herpes virus infection in mice models of disease. Researchers from Instituto de Medicina ...