The potential of stem cells for various treatments keeps scientists, like a team at the Salk Institute, to continually develop ways to produce human/animal (chimera) stem cells. Now, the chimera that ...

"Has science gone too far?" has become something of a meme of late. People post the question sarcastically on images of homemade Oreos with cream from 100 of the cookies, or a fast-food sandwich where ...

Flights of fantasy have long envisioned animals with human traits. George Lucas’ “Star Wars” entertained millions of movie fans with an iconic tavern scene where all manner of beastly aliens packed a ...

Even Dr. Frankenstein and his monster would be jealous of this creature. Paleontologists have unearthed the fossil of an ancient crab that lived between 90 and 95 million years ago and is so "utterly ...

The federal government may soon lift its ban on funding research that uses so-called human-animal chimeras. But what medical benefits could such research bring? Yesterday, the National Institutes of ...

Scientists in the U.S. could soon be allowed to create part-human, part-animal embryos in the laboratory, now that a nation-wide moratorium on chimera research is under official review. In biology, ...