50 years ago, chimeras gave a glimpse of gene editing’s future
Excerpt from the June 1, 1974 issue of Science News
Advances in genetic engineering over the last 50 years let scientists in 2023 introduce human stem cells into a pig embryo engineered to lack a kidney. The stem cells grew into a new organ made mostly from human cells.
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Animal Genes Transplanted to Bacteria — Science News, June 1, 1974
Genes from animals can be combined with genes from bacteria and be put in a bacterium so that the animal genes can replicate in the bacterium….