This isn’t a first, but it is a continuing effort. Researchers have used stem cells to create a mouse with human brain cells in its brain. The amount is minute, but it begs an important question that isn’t even close to the public discourse front burner: How much human DNA into an animal is too much human DNA in an animal?
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