Creation of human-rabbit embryos condemned as barbaric

SCIENTISTS have created hybrid human-rabbit embryos by mixing DNA from both species, it was claimed yesterday.

Fri, 15 Aug, 2003 - 01:00
John von Radowitz

The research, reported by scientists in China, was fiercely condemned by pro-life campaigners who described it as “barbaric”.

More than 100 of the hybrids are said to have been made by fusing human skin cells with rabbit eggs.

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