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Stephen Beech

Scientists Create First Live Chimera Monkey

Images showing the green fluorescence signals in different body parts of the live-birth chimeric monkey at the age of 3 days. Scientists from China reported the long-sought birth of a male primate containing a high proportion of cells derived from a monkey stem cell line. PHOTO BY CELL/SWNS 

Frankenscience has taken a new twist with the first live birth of a “chimeric” monkey.

Scientists from China reported the “long-sought” birth of a male primate containing a high proportion of cells derived from a monkey stem cell line.

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