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A Question of Chimeras
Scientists say ruling on protest patent won't have an impact on future chimeric-animal patents
Email: Clare Kittredge - ckittredge@the-scientist.com The Scientist 2005, 19(7):54
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Looking to cure a host of neurodegenerative diseases, StemCells, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based company, has transplanted human neural stem cells into the brains of thousands of mice. The mice are technically chimeras, or is a mix of two or more species. (The word "chimera" refers to the Greek mythological creature that has a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.) President and CEO Martin McGlynn says his biotech company is now waiting for the FDA's permission to test human neural stem cells – the ones already tested in mice – in human patients.
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