New studies in the UK are reportedly using human DNA in animal experiments. This obviously brings up major controversial issues about the boundaries of such experiments. Although human and animal DNA have been interchanged for years, like replacing animal genes with human genes or even growing human organs in animals, scientists are now opting to make sure that the public understands the reasoning behind such experiments. Robin Lovell-Badge, who is a stem cell expert at Britain's National Institute for Medical Research, says
It sounds yucky, but it may be well worth doing if it's going to lead to a cure for something horrible.
Whether this is true or not is questionable. Yes, finding cure's for any number of the diseases that are roaming the earth would be amazing, but at what point does the cost of success become too high?
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