chimera

They mixed cells that had been developing for a year together with others that were only two weeks old, creating a "chimera".

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Also known as a spookfish or chimera, ghost sharks are closely related to sharks and rays.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024

The fact is that the subcommittee has wasted nearly a year and a half chasing a chimera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

Freud, who catalyzed the study of dreams with his foundational 1899 treatise, would have discounted this as a mere chimera of the wishful unconscious.

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

I felt satisfaction be­cause such a geology confirmed that I was right, that this island was a chimera, a play of the mind.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

The Nature Nanotechnology perspective, "Nanoparticle-mediated targeting chimeras transform targeted protein degradation," explores how this technology works and where it could be applied.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026

Scientists hope that someday such chimeras could model human diseases: if inserted stem cells carry genomes associated with a specific condition, researchers can then study how they behave in an organism.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2023

Then there are the men who pursue more fanciful chimeras, the imagi-makers whose visions helped to give L.A. its reputation as a place where quirky notions can find fertile purchase.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

But the report also noted that scientists at the WIV have engineered "chimeras", or combinations of coronaviruses, and used reverse genetic cloning techniques that could hide intentional changes.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2023

One clings then to chimeras, by which one can only be betrayed, and the entire hope—the entire possibility—of freedom disappears.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin