Martin Bobrow

Martin Bobrow (born 6 February 1938) is a British geneticist, and Emeritus Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge. Quotes Where people worry is when you get to the brain, the germ cells and the sentinel features that help people recognize what is a person, as opposed to a rat or a rabbit. Things like skin texture, facial shape, speech, replacing brain cells with human cells, allowing the development of human germ cells in animals. And particularly where there is any possibility of fertilisation within an animal. As quoted in Medical research warning over human cells in animals by Alok Jha, 22 July 2011, The Guardian. Changing animals by putting human genes or cells into their structure is one way of making them more resemble the bit of the human condition you're interested in studying. As quoted in Medical research warning over human cells in animals by Alok Jha, 22 July 2011, The Guardian. External links "Debating hybrid embryos", British Science Association Martin Bobrow on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website Category:Geneticists Category:1938 births Category:Fellows of the Royal Society Category:Living people Category:University of Cambridge faculty