The stranger within: Chimeras in medicineSource: newscientist.com
This isn't a recent article, but it reveals fascinating info that has not hit MSM yet. Spooky, in fact.
EXPLAIN this. You are a doctor and one of your patients, a 52-year-old woman, comes to see you, very upset.
New work on lateral transfer shows that Darwin was wrongSource: ScienceBlogs
A new study into the transfer of genetic material laterally, or across taxonomic divisions, has shown that evolution does not proceed as Darwin thought, and that in fact the present theory of evolution is entirely false.
First British human-animal hybrid embryos created by scientistsSource: Guardian Unlimited
Britain's first human-animal hybrid embryos have been created, forming a crucial first step, scientists believe, towards a supply of stem cells that could be used to investigate debilitating and so far untreatable conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's and motor neur …

I wrote this last year after this story appeared.:
Human-animal hybrid embryos conceived in the laboratory - so-called "chimeras" - should be regarded as human and their mothers should be allowed to give birth to them, the Roman Catholic Church said yesterday.
Glow in the Dark Cats ClonedSource: msnbc.com
South Korean scientists say they have cloned cats whose genes have been altered so that they glow in the dark - taking advantage of a technological twist that could someday be used to make more dramatic genetic changes in all sorts of creatures.
The chimera question - do they have rights?Source: International Herald Tribune
Writers ranging from ancient Greek and Hindu poets to novelist Michael Crichton have all envisioned the fictional possibility of creating human-animal hybrids. The notion of "chimeras" was particularly horrifying to H. G. Wells, author of "The Island of Dr. Moreau."
Chimera embryos have right to life, say bishopsSource: Telegraph
Human-animal hybrid embryos conceived in the laboratory - so-called "chimeras" - should be regarded as human and their mothers should be allowed to give birth to them, the Roman Catholic Church said yesterday.
The Chimera Cyclist -- Cheater? Or Framed By An Evil Twin?Source: The New York Times
Last month, when the champion American cyclist Tyler Hamilton was accused of blood doping, or transfusing himself with another person's blood to increase his oxygen-carrying red cells, he offered a surprising defense: the small amount of different blood found mixed in with his ow …
worlds-first-human-sheep-chimeraSource: www.sharingthelife.blogspot.com
Scientists have created the world's first human-sheep chimera - which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs
Human-animal embryos to be allowed for research, UK plansSource: www.CureSpinalCordInjury.com
Caroline Flint - UK's Public Health Minister said recently that experiments with embryos created by fusing human DNA with "empty" animal eggs could be exempted from a ban on research using other human-animal embryos.
From mythology to biotechnology; Human-Animal ChimerasSource: Scientific Blogging
High up on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in southern California, strange animals scurry about in their cages. But these particular animals contain a hidden component not present in their naturally conceived cousins.
Debate Rages Over Animal-Human ChimerasSource: New Scientist
Should medical researchers be allowed to create human-animal hybrids to investigate disease? No, says an ethics think tank that advises the Scottish Parliament. Yes, says Ian Wilmut of the University of Edinburgh, creator of Dolly the cloned sheep.