Alex Genn » biology http://www.lexgennblog.co.uk Concept to long copy and everything in between Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:10:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Great Debate: Animal-Human Embryos http://www.lexgennblog.co.uk/2008/05/the-great-debate-animal-human-embryos/ http://www.lexgennblog.co.uk/2008/05/the-great-debate-animal-human-embryos/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 09:00:00 +0000 Alex Genn http://www.lexgennblog.co.uk/?p=61 We are on the edge of a precipice. Or the dawn of a new day.

One of the two.

Animal-human embryo research may herald the greatest ever medical advances against long incurable diseases like cancer, which have for so long haunted humanity. Or it may lead to a Franken-future in which we will see the birth of a little boy with a tiger's tail, a rhino with a child's face and a panda with the aggressive heart of Michael Portillo.

Hopefully both.

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