Is it good or bad now it is hard to say, according to the journal Nature, the Japanese government has taken the lead in the world to carry out a human and mouse hybrid embryo experiments.
After the report was published, Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology warmed up to the idea and announced that in late August, the University of Tokyo and Stanford University would formally launch a research program on animal human organ culture. American University. The aim of this research is to address the current problems of low organ transplant donation rates and low rates of rejection. It is expected to open up new directions for the treatment of difficult-to-treat diseases such as diabetes.
Once published, these studies have caused widespread debate at home and abroad. Because it could ultimately lead to a new source of transplantable organs for humans, it will inevitably lead to huge differences in viewpoints due to ethical and technical hurdles.
Observation of human-mouse embryos in Japan
In fact, the concept of mixed experiments with human and animal embryos has always been considered an ideal experimental program. The reason for this project plan is that many human chronic diseases which are difficult to be treated directly with drugs require organ transplantation for treatment, but the volume of organ donations is relatively small, but organs from human embryos and animal embryos used to be promoted, while organs from human embryos and animal embryos used to be transplanted for treatment. The line could reduce the cost and popularity of organ transplants.
But there were always two pitfalls with this program and technology:
First, it was an ethical issue. Human embryo experimentation, while initially used only to grow transplantable human organs, could theoretically lead to the emergence of human-animal hybrids. Once it is created and cultivated over time, it creates huge ethical and social human rights issues.
But the noble goal doesn't mean that this means it has to be beneficial to humans, organisms and the environment. Specifically, human and animal embryos have different means of experimentation, different risks to humans, biology and the environment, and different levels of ethical acceptance.
Folks who like to watch movies will not see a similar theme. Human genetic technology has led to a socio-racial threat caused by anti-consumers. Don't think that this is just a concern, many times the field of life sciences is so amazing that a small accident or discovery could affect an entire era. Although this is not a direct creation of human and animal genetic hybridization, this genetic mixing experiment is always full of unknowns and there is no technology or means to eliminate this possibility.
In summary, human and animal embryo hybridization can certainly be researched, but there must be restrictions and clear regulations, not to mention the need to track the progress of the experiments and carefully develop the technology. If you don't always touch and develop the forbidden areas of life, then science will bring humanity not opportunities, but disasters.