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Regulations proposed for animal–human chimaeras

AP PHOTO/R. PEDRONCELLI

The UK has laid out the first framework to govern this ethically sensitive research field.

The chairman of the working group that drew up the regulations explains why the time is right to improve the governance of this research, and Nature agrees.

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