Sentences with phrase «chimeric monkeys»

The world's first chimeric monkeys were created in a laboratory last year, and they offer surprising new insights into embryonic stem cell therapy: One reason for often - poor treatment outcomes may be that we're using embryos that are, strangely, just too old.

The finding could fundamentally change how we look at human stem cell tech: If chimeric monkeys require totipotent cells before they can come into being, it stands to reason that human embryonic stem cell therapy might also require totipotent stem cells to render cures.