Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Goats given human cells

Goats given human cells | Metro.co.uk: Scientists have created goats with human genetic characteristics after injecting the animal embryos with stem cells. A team in Shanghai spent five years transplanting stem cells from human umbilical cords into goat embryos. 'Our eventual purpose is to use stem cells to treat hereditary human diseases such as haemophilia and Huntington's disease,' Prof Huang said.

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