What is a chimera? - New Scientist Chimeric animals are often created during genetic engineering and CRISPR genome editing Stem cells are modified outside the body and injected into early embryos The resulting animals have a mix
The boy whose blood has no father - New Scientist IN THE closest thing to a human virgin birth that modern science has ever recorded, British geneticists last week described the remarkable case of a young boy whose body is derived in part from an
Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts’ genes Mysterious microbes that some consider a whole new domain of life might in fact be just normal viruses that pilfer genes from their host organisms Unlike normal viruses, which are tiny, giant
Seven unsolved medical mysteries - New Scientist Chimeric people Imagine going for genetic tests along with your children, only to find that you can’t possibly be their biological mother – despite the fact that you gave birth to them