"British scientists are seeking permission to create hybrid embryos by fusing human cells with rabbit eggs.
The scientists want to use the embryos to produce stem cells that carry genetic defects. Studying those stem cells could help understand a number of currenctly incurable diseases in humans.
Although made of rabbit cell material, scientists say the embryos would be controlled by human DNA.
They would not be allowed to grow beyond an early stage in the laboratory, and would only be used to investigate stem cell development, genetic defects and disease, they say.
Legal experts say it is not clear whether the embryos would be regarded in law as rabbit or human."
Sorry, but I draw the line at fluorecent pigs. I'm completely against transgenic human-anything hybrids for any reason whatsoever. Of course, it will happen anyway.
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