This breakthrough represents a big step toward creating animal hybrids capable of growing human-compatible organs, easing the ...

In the latest research, led by experts at UT Southwestern, biologist Jun Wu identified a mouse cell protein named MAVS, which ...

In a New York operating room one day in October 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified ...

The quest to grow functional human organs in animal hosts has made significant strides, marking a revolutionary leap in regenerative medicine and transplantation. This groundbreaking research offers ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The research involves implanting modified animal embryos with human 'induced pluripotent ...

Feb. 7, 2005 — -- Animal-human hybrids have long been the stuff of fairy tales and myths -- from the half-man, half-horse centaur to singing mermaids. Now the swift pace of genetic engineering ...

The research offers the first proof that human embryonic stem cells -- vaunted for their potential to turn into every kind of human cell, at least in laboratory dishes -- can become functional human ...

Scientists in Japan will begin trying to grow human organs in animals after receiving government permission for the first study of its kind in the country. The cutting-edge -- but controversial -- ...