UK starts study on using human DNA in animals

Baack · Nov 9, 2009

This is the kind of stuff that worries me

LONDON British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be.
Though experts have been swapping human and animal DNA for years like replacing animal genes with human genes or growing human organs in animals scientists at the Academy of Medical Sciences want to make sure the public is aware of what is happening in laboratories before proceeding further.
"It sounds yucky, but it may be well worth doing if it's going to lead to a cure for something horrible," said Robin Lovell-Badge, a stem cell expert at Britain's National Institute for Medical Research, and a member of the group conducting the study.
At a media briefing in London, Lovell-Badge said there were two main types of experiments: altering an animal's genes by adding human DNA or replacing a specific animal sequence with its human counterpart. Several years ago, human genes were added to a mouse to create a model of Down's syndrome for scientists to study how the
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kajidono · Nov 10, 2009

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