Humster

A humster is a

• To avoid legal issues with working with pure human embryonic stem cell lines.
• To assess the viability of human sperm for
  in vitro fertilization

Somatic cell hybrids between humans and hamsters or mice have been used for the mapping of various traits since at least the 1970s.^[3]

See also

• Hamster zona-free ovum test
• Human–animal hybrid
• Recombinant DNA

References

• Ballantyne, Angela (2004). "Humans and Hybrids: A Critique of the Western Moral Framework". Essays in Philosophy. 5 (2). Philosophy Documentation Center: 363–374.
  doi:10.5840/eip2004528
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• Junca, Anne-Marie; Plachot, Michelle; Mandelbaum, Jacqueline (1983). "Evaluation of human sperm fertility by interspecific (human spermatozoa-hamster oocytes) in vitro fertilization". Acta Europea Fertilitatis. 14 (3): 191–196.
  PMID 6670443
  .

Further reading

• Analysis of the first cell cycle in the cross between hamster eggs and human sperm

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