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

Grasping onto each other, we stumbled across the balcony like a wounded chimera.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The two most advanced types of protein degraders are known as Protacs, or proteolysis targeting chimeras, and molecular glue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

This approach, which involves generating only skin tissue, could help avoid ethical concerns about using human-animal chimeras to produce organs for medical use.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

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 images broke up of their own accord, weightless chimeras routed by a numbness that ran through him unchallenged.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy