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  • April 2008

    • Human-Animal Embryos Created

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 2, 08 6:14 AM CDT

      Human-Animal Embryos Created

      (Newser) - In a brave new world breakthrough, British scientists for the first time have created animal-human hybrid embryos, the London Times reports. The nuclei of cow eggs were removed and replaced with ones from a human cell, creating "admixed" embryos—or "cybrids" whose genetic material is 99.9% human. Electricity jolted the cybrids to life and they survived for three days. The research team aims to create longer-living cybrids for use in stem cell research. More »

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      stem cells  • stem cell research  • embryo  • scientists  • hybrid animal  • bioethics  • human embryos

  • September 2007

    • Hybrid Lizards Muscle Out Mom and Dad

      Science  |  Sep 18, 07 3:04 PM CDT

      Hybrid Lizards Muscle Out Mom and Dad

      (Newser) - The offspring of California tiger salamanders and barred tiger salamanders are living proof that not all hybrids are mule-style genetic dead ends: They’re breeding their parents out of house and home. In a watershed instance of "hybrid vigor" among animals, Science reports, the progeny of two species for the first time have a higher survival rate than their ancestors. More »

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      California  • Texas  • animal  • species  • hybrid animal  • lizard  • salamanders

    • Brits Approve Experiments on Human-Animal Embryos

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 4, 07 4:19 AM CDT

      Brits Approve Experiments on Human-Animal Embryos

      (Newser) - Controversial experiments with embryos that are part human, part animal will be approved by a British commission tomorrow, the Guardian reports. Researchers hope to create the hybrid embryos to extract stem cells for use in potential treatments of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and possibly motor neuron problems and spinal cord injuries. More »

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      Alzheimer's  • stem cells  • stem cell research  • Parkinson's disease  • embryo  • hybrid animal

  • July 2007

    • Zebrula Kills at German Zoo

      Yahoo!  |  Jul 5, 07 2:36 PM CDT

      Zebrula Kills at German Zoo

      (Newser) - Perplexed onlookers are flocking to a to a zoo in Germany to see a zebrula—the rare but not unprecedented offspring of a male zebra and a female horse, AFP reports. The animal, named Eclyse, has the head of a zebra, the body of a horse, and a coat split down the middle between solid white and black stripes. More »

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      Germany  • animal  • zoo  • horse  • hybrid animal

  • May 2007

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