Feb. 28, 2006 -- -- No question about it, in some ways we humans are very much like monkeys. Scientists at the Duke University Medical Center have found in past research that, like some humans ...

In a breakthrough new study, scientists have created human-monkey chimera embryos for the first time. They make for more accurate models of human biology and disease - but of course they also ...

So, scientists found a way to get human stem cells to play nicely with monkey embryos, but that’s not all. They also found that the cells communicated in a way that they didn’t necessarily expect.

Chinese and U.S. scientists have taken a big step forward developing human-monkey chimeras that could transform how scientists study disease.

By adding seven human genes to the pig, researchers dramatically improved the survival of monkeys, extending survival from an average of 24 days after transplant to 176 days, Curtis said.