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Opinion: Develop Organoids, Not Chimeras, for Transplantation
Opinion: Develop Organoids, Not Chimeras, for Transplantation
Scientists are devising human-animal hybrids for harvesting human organs, but lab-derived mini-organs are a less ethically fraught solution to meeting the need for transplantation.
Scientists are devising human-animal hybrids for harvesting human organs, but lab-derived mini-organs are a less ethically fraught solution to meeting the need for transplantation.
cell & molecular biology, opinion
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Avoiding Animal Testing
Andrew Rowan | Dec 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Advances in cell-culture technologies are paving the way to the complete elimination of animals from the laboratory.