I understand that attempts to make a humanzee have failed because of the two chromosome difference. However, people with Down Syndrome have 47 chromosomes. Would it not be possible to use one of them to make a humanzee?

1 hour ago, Sepiroth said:

Would it not be possible to use one of them

What is wrong with you? Use one of them??

And what are these "attempts" you speak of? Were these in the labs of Dr. Mengele or Frankenstein?

Sorry, I just kind of lost my shit there for a minute. I suggest you go and acquaint yourself with the basics of bioethics and, well, basic human decency, before posting this kind of garbage.

4 hours ago, Sepiroth said:

I understand that attempts to make a humanzee have failed because of the two chromosome difference

You understand wrong then. Learn some real science.

According to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanzee. there have been reports, at various points, of attempts to produce a human-chimpanzee hybrid. However none of them seems to have ever been confirmed. So it does not look to me as if there is any evidence of whether or not such a hybrid would be viable.

Obviously the ethical issues involved would preclude such attempts in any civilised society. And the notion of "using" a human being with Down's Syndrome to try it is especially repugnant, as well as having no scientific foundation that I can see.

People with Down's Syndrome have an extra copy of chromosome 21. This does not make their genetic make-up more like that of a chimpanzee: in fact rather the contrary, as it is fusion of the apes' chromosomes 12 and 13 that leads to the reduced number in humans, nothing to do with no. 21. So I should have thought having an extra no. 21 would make a person more dissimilar to a chimp, not more like one.

Edited June 26Jun 26 by exchemist

On 6/26/2025 at 12:58 AM, pinball1970 said:

You understand wrong then. Learn some real science.

That's what I'm trying to do. I'm interested in genetics and molecular biology, I find the subject fascinating. This is a legitimate question and I have been arguing with a.i. about it. I wanted l some input from someone adept in this subject matter and not from an ethically constrained imperfect construct..

On 6/25/2025 at 9:16 PM, TheVat said:

What is wrong with you? Use one of them??

And what are these "attempts" you speak of? Were these in the labs of Dr. Mengele or Frankenstein?

Sorry, I just kind of lost my shit there for a minute. I suggest you go and acquaint yourself with the basics of bioethics and, well, basic human decency, before posting this kind of garbage.

This is a hypothetical question, if you can't think outside of the box, perhaps YOU are one of them? I read about some of the efforts, and there seems to have been a bit of research done in other countries. I'm not suggesting this be done, I am merely seeking to know if creating such a chimera is or was within the realm of possibility.

28 minutes ago, Sepiroth said:

This is a hypothetical question, if you can't think outside of the box, perhaps YOU are one of them?

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1 hour ago, Sepiroth said:

That's what I'm trying to do. I'm interested in genetics and molecular biology, I find the subject fascinating. This is a legitimate question and I have been arguing with a.i. about it. I wanted l some input from someone adept in this subject matter and not from an ethically constrained imperfect construct..

This is a hypothetical question, if you can't think outside of the box, perhaps YOU are one of them? I read about some of the efforts, and there seems to have been a bit of research done in other countries. I'm not suggesting this be done, I am merely seeking to know if creating such a chimera is or was within the realm of possibility.

I’ve answered that for you. Would you care to go on from there( if and when you return)?