A stem cell research team from Newcastle University in England has created the world’s first-ever human-cow embroys which some regarded as a great scientific success, while opponents labeled them as a monstrous horror.  The embroys coming from injecting human DNA into eggs taken from cow’s ovaries are intented to provide a numerous supply of stem cells to develop therapies for disease such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and spinal cord injuries, according to the research team.

Yet, could these embroys be developed into monstrous creatures? In Greek Mythology the Minotaur was a monster with a bull’s head and a man’s body. He was the descendant of Mino’s wife and a handsome bull. At the biginning of Minos’s reign, the king wanted to secure his throne, so he prayed to Poseidon to send him a bull which he promised to sacrifice. Minos broke his promse and substituted another for the sacrifice.  Poseidon avenged this insult by making the queen fall in love with the bull.  The queen secretly petitioned Daedalus, a brilliant inventor, to help her consummate her love.  Daedalus constructed a hollow wooden cow and covered it with cow hides.  The queen then hid herself inside and later conceived a monstrous child: the Minotaur. The Minotaur lived in the Labyrinth, a mazelike prison, where no one could find a way out once he entered.

Could scientists create the modern Minotaur? We’ll see.