Kind of.
There's a great story (actually more than one) about Chimeras on Radio Lab.
http://www.radiolab.org/story/91597-mix-and-match/
http://www.radiolab.org/story/91793-easter-chimera/
http://www.radiolab.org/story/205334-fetal-consequences/
http://www.radiolab.org/story/251876-inheritance/
<http://www.radiolab.org/story/251876-inheritance/>
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On 4/19/2016 7:51 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
So the people with pig valves in their hearts are already human-animal
chimeras?
*From:* Chuck McCown <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 19, 2016 4:50 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Human-Animal Chimeras
So, you sponsor a pig and it grows a full set of spares for you.
Sounds like a real good deal to me.
If you take the deluxe package you get ears, nose, jaw, hands, feet,
other important parts.
The soldier of the future will have a pig made when they are in basic
training.
Don’t worry about those land mines boys, we have plenty of spares back
in the shop.
“We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better
than he was. Better, stronger, faster.”
Pig cost: $6M
Lends a whole new meaning to the question: “Can you squeal like a piggie”?
From: Jason McKemie
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 3:46 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Human-Animal Chimeras
Pretty crazy stuff:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/545106/human-animal-chimeras-are-gestating-on-us-research-farms/
