Two teams of British researchers are seeking permission to create ‘cybrid’ embryos that would be around 99.9 per cent human and 0.1 per cent animal to produce embryonic stem cells - the body’s building blocks that grow into all other types of cells.
Scientists allowed to experiment on hybrid embryos | Uk News | News | Telegraph
There is no doubt that the research investments needed to be made between here and The Singularity are fraught with religious / political angst in many countries. Witness the stem cell debate in the US. That discussion won’t hold a candle to the larger issues of “what it means to be human” that society may face in the next 100 years.
Perhaps living in a technologically adept benevolent dictatorship will have it’s advantages as we march on:
Singapore Acts as Haven for Stem Cell Research - New York Times