Scientists create monkey-pig hybrid in China

An ongoing research study into viability of growing human organs in animals for transplantation into humans has just me progress. Chinese scientists have successfully mand to create a monkey-pig hybrid. Though both chimera pigs born in experiment died within a week, y were found to have monkey DNA in ir heart, liver, spleen, lung, and skin.

Monkey-pig hybrids

two chimera pigs were born from 4,000 embryos that were implanted into a sow through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF).

A research team from State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology in Beijing mand to create genetically modified monkey cells that would naturally produce a fluorescent protein so that researchers could track monkey cells as well as any dependent cells.

se modified monkey cells were n injected into pig embryos. experiment resulted in ten pigs being born of which two could be considered chimaeras.

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Even though pigs died within a few days, scientists are going to keep trying to create healthy animals with a much higher concentration of monkey DNA.  experiment only h one monkey cell for every 1,000 cells.

research was published in Protein and Cell and according to paper, se results bring  team one step closer to producing tissue-specific functional cells.

Scientists have long tried to create such hybrids. In 2017, researchers in California tried to create human-pig chimeras with ratio of one human cell for 100,000 pig cells. embryos were unable to survive even a month.

United Kingdom at moment is considering a new law called Max's Law which states that an ult will be considered an organ dor unless y have specifically registered and opted off  donation pool. government believes it can save almost 700 lives in a year with this new initiative.

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