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US Bid to Grow Human Organs Inside Pigs

They have injected human stem cells into pig embryos to produce human-pig embryos known as chimeras.

They have injected human stem cells into pig embryos to produce human-pig embryos known as chimeras. Also: Memories of Muhammad Ali; The Taliban's new methods of raising funds; Senior citizens as entrepreneurs

(Picture: Human stem cells being injected into a pig embryo - the cells can be seen travelling down the tube on the right of screen Credit: Ross/UC Davis)

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