The idea that it is now possible to create part-human,part-animal creatures is a chillingscientific reality. One researcher recently ran into abrick wallat the U.S. patent office when he tried to patent hisformula for creating a chimera.
Rich Weiss writes in the Washington Post that researcherStuart Newman, who applied for the patent,...
Scientists are producing chimeras?creatures that are parthuman and part animal. A "chimera" originally referred to amonster in Greek mythology with a lion's head, goat's body,and snake's tail. Now that this is possible, the questionbecomes: Is it moral?
Maryann Mott writes in National Geographic News that in2003, Chinese scientists...