Cow-human cross embryo lives three days | NEWS.com.au

Cow-human cross embryo lives three days | NEWS.com.au: "HUMAN-cow embryos have been created in a world first at Newcastle University in England hailed by the scientific community but labelled 'monstrous' by opponents. A team has grown hybrid embryos after injecting human DNA into eggs taken from cows ovaries which had most of their genetic material removed. The embryos survived for three days and are intended to provide a limitless supply of stem cells to develop therapies for diseases such as Alzheimer s Parkinson s and spinal cord injuries overcoming a worldwide shortfall in human embryos."