Human-Monkey Chimera Embryos
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Recently, a team of scientists made headlines around the world after announcing they’d created human-monkey hybrid embryos in their lab. Like many advancements in genetics research, this development has vast scientific potential, but also has some real ethical concerns.
Dr. Megan Munsie is a Professor of Ethics and policy in stem cell research at the University of Melbourne – and she joined us to help us sort through the issues surrounding this remarkable advancement.