A few weeks ago, scientists reported successfully growing human cells in monkey embryos, paving the way for creating live human–monkey chimeras. For many, this could open the door to great medical ...

Scientists have successfully created the first embryos containing both human and monkey cells, an important step in helping researchers find ways to produce organs for transplants. The results of the ...

In a controversial new study, Salk Institute researchers in California have grown human stem cells within a macaque monkey embryo. Weizhi Ji, Kunming University of Science and Technology Researchers ...

Scientists have created embryos that are a mix of human and monkey cells, with the aim of understanding more about how cells communicate with each other. It remains to be seen, however, what might ...

Scientists in China have reportedly created part human, part monkey chimera embryos for the first time. The team hope the technique will bring animals used to grow human organs for transplantation a ...

Following heart attacks, a handful of monkeys regained some of the pumping ability their hearts had lost after being given human embryonic stem cells, according to a study published Monday in Nature ...

A team of scientists from the U.S., China and elsewhere have developed embryos that are a mix of human and monkey cells for the first time in history. The embryos, which were detailed on Thursday in ...

A group of scientists restored vision in a monkey by using human stem cells to fix a hole in its retina. The research could open new doors for vision treatment in humans and other animals, too. A new ...

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to humanity, ...