Ancient Greek mythology referred to beings that were part human and part animal. Most people think of these creatures as imaginary. The line between fact and fantasy is becoming increasingly grey as modern scientists test the moral boundaries of genetic engineering and fuse together animal-human-hybrids.
At the Shanghai Second Medical University in China embryos were formed using human cells fused with rabbit eggs. The embryos were destroyed soon after there conception and their stem cells were collected. Stem cells can be used to grow almost any bodily tissue and offers great scientific...