{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Drishtikone","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone","author_name":"Desh Kapoor","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/author\/drishtikone\/","title":"Fusion of Animals and Humans and our &quot;Morality&quot;","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"T3ZMQcrnFp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2008\/03\/fusion-animals-and-humans-and-our-morality\/\">Fusion of Animals and Humans and our &quot;Morality&quot;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2008\/03\/fusion-animals-and-humans-and-our-morality\/embed\/#?secret=T3ZMQcrnFp\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Fusion of Animals and Humans and our &quot;Morality&quot;&#8221; &#8212; Drishtikone\" data-secret=\"T3ZMQcrnFp\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Humanity has always been curious about mixing breeds and species. First it was the horses and dogs and just some species of plants like roses etc. Then people got adventurous and brought in creatures like Liger - a mix between Lion and a Tiger, which some people term as the \"ultimate killing machine\". Since the last decade, scientists have been getting closer to creating human clones. So, obviously the next question would have been - what about animal and human? There are enough legends in that area - of Mermaids and Centaur. The Indian stories are full of monkeys and other animals talking and fighting with the humans. So, was it part of human history ever? Are we coming a full circle or is it the fructifying of human desires? Whatever the truth be, it might be happening soon. DK Matai discusses the three streams of such experimental creatures being thought about. 1. A Chimera is produced when a human embryo is fused with an animal embryo; 2. An Hybrid is produced when a human female egg is fertilised with animal sperm or vice-versa; and 3. A \"Cybrid\" is produced when an animal cell's genetic material is removed and replaced with human genetic material. DK says \"...after 10 years of stem cell research, scientists are now facing difficulty with cell therapy from the present human embryonic stem cell experimentation. The next phase involves human-animal combinations via Chimeras, Hybrids and Cybrids.\" He cites two examples when attempts have been made at fusion: - Soviet Union's top scientists, Professor Ilya Ivanov, tried to impregnate female chimpanzees with human sperm in Africa in order to create a human-chimpanzee hybrid - In August 2003, Hui Zhen Sheng of Shanghai Second Medical University, China, announced that rabbit-human 'cybrid' embryos had been created. Researchers fused adult human material with rabbit eggs stripped of their original genetic material and created rabbit-human hybrid embryos which developed to approximately the 100-cell stage, after about four days of development.","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/i43.photobucket.com\/albums\/e375\/deshkapoor\/humananimal.jpg"}