Stem cell biologist Hiromitsu Nakauchi has been waiting for this moment for more than a decade.
After years of planning, the persistent researcher has at last received approval from a government willing to pursue one of the most controversial scientific studies there is: human-animal embryo experiments. While many countries around the world have restricted, defunded or outright banned these ethically-fraught practices, Japan has now officially lifted the lidon this proverbial Pandora’s box.
