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Chimaeras are both monsters of the ancient imagination and a long-established research tool. Recent advances, particularly those dealing with the identification and generation of various kinds of stem cells, have broadened the repertoire and utility of mammalian interspecies chimaeras and carved out new paths towards understanding fundamental biology as well as potential clinical applications.
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We would like to thank all our laboratory members and collaborators, including the teams of J. M. Campistol, P. Guillen, E. Martinez and P. Ross for their comments and dedicated work that have greatly contributed to the ideas presented here. H.N. was supported by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) and Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. J.C.I.B. was supported by the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation, The Moxie Foundation, Fundación Dr. Pedro Guillen and UCAM. R.J. was supported by grants from the NIH (HD 045022, R37-CA084198, 1R01NS088538-01).
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Wu, J., Greely, H., Jaenisch, R. et al. Stem cells and interspecies chimaeras. Nature 540, 51–59 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20573
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