Scientists have created human-cross-monkey embryos in a US laboratory in controversial research aimed at developing new treatments for human diseases.
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences in California injected human stem cells into over 100 macaques embryos - a species of monkey found throughout Asia and northern Africa.
They then examined them under microscope for 20 days to see how they would develop.
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Macaques are a type of monkey found widely throughout Asia and northern Africa.(Yoganathan Yoke)
After just one day, human cells had combined with 132 of the macaques embryos and after 10 days, 103 were still developing.
The longest any of the embryos lasted was 20 days.
Un grupo de científicos logró crear 132 embriones mezclando genes de humanos y monos: sobrevivieron 20 días y propulsaron un debate ético
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