The field of human-animal experiments is dubbed “chimera” research, named for the she-monster in Greek mythology that has a lion’s head, a goat’s body and a serpent’s tail… Maybe the problem is not so much chimeras in science as chimeras in politics.

September 25th, 2010 Comments Off on The field of human-animal experiments is dubbed “chimera” research, named for the she-monster in Greek mythology that has a lion’s head, a goat’s body and a serpent’s tail… Maybe the problem is not so much chimeras in science as chimeras in politics.

“Slouching Toward Washington”

Maureen Dowd, The New York Times, Sept 25, 2010

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