Scientists are seeking permission to generate human embryonic stem cells to study disease by introducing human genetic material into an animal oocyte ... one of the first experiments to be ...

Japan's government approved a request by scientists to conduct stem-cell experiments to create an animal-human hybrid and allow it to be brought to term. Japan's science ministry last week gave ...

Athos Salomé, known as the 'Living Nostradamus,' warns that hybrid humans with animal traits could surpass regular humans in ...

In May 2008 a cross-party attempt to ban hybrid human animal embryos was defeated on a free vote in the House of Commons, by 336 to 176. MPs had been debating the Human Fertilisation and ...

The three Rs are: Reduction, Refinement, Replacement. Animal experiments are not used to show that drugs are safe and effective in human beings - they cannot do that. Instead, they are used to ...

For instance, humans share about 95% of their genome with mice, the most common laboratory animal. Animals are therefore often used as a models of human where legislation or ethical considerations do ...