26-Year-Old Mother’s DNA Did Not Match With Her Kids For A Reason That Sent Ripples Through The Science Community

By Apoorva Jha

Research

Scientists have been trying to study the phenomenon behind Chimerism for a while now. In the year 2017, scientists at the Salk Institute in San Jose, California created a Chimera, more like a hybrid between two species, for research purposes. They dissected the DNA of a day old pig embryo, removed one of its organs and replaced it with human stem cells.