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New hybrid embryos are the most thorough mixing of humans and mice yet

Chimeras could usher in a deeper understanding of how cells build bodies

false-color microscope image of embryonic mouse eye

Human cells (green) pack into a developing mouse’s eye (blue) in this hybrid embryo.

J. Feng

By Laura Sanders

- More than 2 years ago

Scientists have made embryos that are a lot mouse and a little bit human.