Monkeys are seen at Margalla Hills National Park at Daman-e Koh hill station in Islamabad, Pakistan on April 16, 2021. (Photo by Recep Bilek/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) You may be wondering why scientists would create a part-human part-monkey embryo — and you’re not alone.An international team of scientists said they created hybrid embryos, or chimeras, to see if they could grow organs for people who need transplants.
They published their findings in the medical journal, Cell.The group assembled in China and injected 25 induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS, from humans into embryos from macaque monkeys.
According to the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center, iPS are skin and blood cells that have been taken and reprogrammed to develop.