What Japan’s Approval of Human-Animal Embryo Experiments Means for Science

What Japan’s Approval of Human-Animal Embryo Experiments Means for Science

Human-animal embryo research in Japan explores the possibility of growing human organs inside animals. Credit: Lunar caustic / CC BY 2.0 Japan became the first country to approve human-animal embryo research involving the growth of human cells inside animal embryos in 2019, allowing them to be implanted into surrogate animals. This groundbreaking move marked a turning point in human-animal embryo research in Japan and set a precedent for similar…