Singapore seeks advice on whether humans and beasts can be mixed online

Singapore's Advisory Committee on Biological Ethics said on the 9th, the biological community wants to carry out human gene implantation in animals, in view of the sensitive nature of the experiment, the committee decided to through the designated website for public commentLin Wei, chairman of the Bioethics Advisory Committee, told The Straits Times of Singapore that the scientific community in Singapore already has the technical capability to implant human nuclei into animal egg cells or somatic cells, and that "research in this area will be of great benefit to the scientific community"The bioscience experiment is important for studying theofdiseases in humans, such as implanting human brain cells into mice, to help study Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, committee experts saidBecause of the ethical controversy of such experiments, most countries in the world prohibit such "human-animal mixing" experimentsSome opponents wrote on the site that the scientists were creating "half-human and half-beast monsters" that went against the laws of natureIn the face of questions, Li Xingpeng, vice chairman of the committee, stressed that the experiment involved only a small number of human tissue cells and that the selected animals would have a long biological connection to humans, such as cats or miceThe Advisory Committee on Bioethics will continue to solicit public comments online, with the hope that departmental advice will be made on whether to conduct experiments by the end of this yearThe Singapore Bioethics Advisory Committee was established in 2000 to explore the legal, ethical and social implications of life science research