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- Mouse with Human Brain May Live. LiveScience. February 17, 2005.
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- Animal-Human Hybrid Sparks Controversy. National Geographic News. January 25, 2005.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0125_050125_chimeras.html - For and against human-animal embryos for research. Telegraph UK. April 8, 2008.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/04/08/sciagainst108.xml - Human-pig embryos given go ahead. Telegraph UK. January 7, 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/01/sciembryo101.xml
- Human/Pig Hybrid Livers for Transplantation. Advanced Technology Program. October 2000. http://jazz.nist.gov/atpcf/prjbriefs/prjbrief.cfm?ProjectNumber=00-00-4248
- Hybrids: separating hope from the hype. Telegraph UK. April 8, 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/04/08/scihybrids108.xml
- Stem Cells from a Human-Pig Hybrid. NewScientist Technology Review. July 2, 2008.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/22093/ - Questions answered on animal-human hybrids. Telegraph UK. November 8, 2006.
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