No, this is not science fiction. I was so engrossed last year with Genpets I missed this completely.
Chinese scientists at the Shanghai Second Medical University in 2003 successfully fused human cells with rabbit eggs. The embryos were reportedly the first human-animal chimeras successfully created.Click here for the National Geographic story
And at Stanford University in California an experiment might be done later this year to create mice with human brains.
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// Finland 2003
"That was when I realized. I asked myself could some of what these people be talking about actually be dangerous? And the best thing I can do is stay close to them, track what they are interested in and either hack it or try to confuse the spaces in which they operate". - Rob Van Kranenburg