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  • 2016-08-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Has Crossbreeding Humans with Animals Been Approved in the United States? (en)
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  • On 5 August 2016, the web site The Real Strategy published an article about a proposal from the National Institutes of Health that was misleadingly titled Crossbreeding Humans with Animals Approved in United States. The article contained a photograph purporting to show a hybrid creature: The United States has not approved crossbreeding humans and animals, and the above-displayed image was taken from the 2009 movie Splice. However, the NIH did recently make an announcement about lifting a moratorium on research using human stem cells to create part-human, part animal embryos: While it is true that the National Institutes of Health is considering funding chimera research, these projects are not aimed at crossbreeding humans and animals in attempt to create hybrid creatures like the fictional one pictured above. Instead, chimeras will be used to study disease and may eventually be used to generate human organs: The National Institutes of Health placed a moratorium on funding chimera research projects in September 2015 (even though no such funding had previously been provided) while they considered the ethical questions involved in such studies. In August 2016, they announced that they were considering lifting the moratorium and proposed changes to the existing stem cell guidelines. One notable change was the addition of a steering committee that would oversee funding requests for chimera projects: Carrie Wolinetz, the NIH's Associate Director for Science Policy, wrote: It's also worth noting that the changes are proposed, not approved. (en)
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