The Chimera was a fearsome creature from Ancient Greece that was a mixture of animal features, said to inhabit Lycia in Asia ...

In Greek mythology, the Chimera was a magnificent monster. It was an unusual mélange of animals, with a lion's head and feet, a goat's head sprouting off its back, and a serpentine tail.

DAVIS, Calif. — Like many of the scientists who helped usher in the groundbreaking creation of a part-human, part-animal chimera earlier this year, biologist Dr. Pablo Juan Ross is no stranger ...

Creating so-called human–animal chimaeras could help address the global shortage of transplantable organs by generating ...

A human lung in a pig might show more accurately the effect of a compound intended to treat, say, cystic fibrosis than today’s lab animals. Scientists not involved in the chimera experiment ...

To many, human-animal chimeras--animals that contain human cells--sound like the stuff of nightmares. If you can picture a frog with a human head, a monkey with human vocal chords or a dog with ...

Dr. Redmond's implanted animals don't look or act differently, but they're now something called chimeras. It's a reference to ancient Greek mythology. A chimera was a combination of goat ...

“If there is contribution of the donor cells from the endangered species to the germ line, one could envisage that through breeding animals of these species could be produced.” The term ...

In the past, human-animal chimeras have been beyond reach. Such experiments are currently ineligible for public funding in the United States (so far, the Salk team has relied on private donors for ...