Recent scientific developments have made possible something that would once—not long ago—have seemed out of a science fiction film: the creation of a human and non-human chimaera with human brain cells and their eventual birth. This has posed novel challenges for lawmakers. Laws have been established to allow for the creation of these entities; the challenge now is to define their legal status. Such chimaeras are neither entirely animal nor entirely human, but unlike other chimeric creatures, they share a feature with humans that has long been considered the basis of the special legal status afforded to the human person: human brain cells. This feature is unlikely to prove sufficient to replicate the human brain. Likewise, it is improbable that these creatures will reach the same levels of autonomous thinking and consciousness as humans. Still, such enhanced chimaeras might acquire capacities that distinguish them from other animals. As such, a special legal status must be created to accommodate their specific characteristics. This paper will analyse the legal status that should be granted to these chimeric entities in light of the existing laws.

最近的科学发展使得不久前曾经出现在科幻电影中的事情成为可能：用人类脑细胞创造人类和非人类嵌合体并最终诞生。这给立法者提出了新的挑战。已制定法律允许创建这些实体；现在的挑战是确定它们的法律地位。这些嵌合体既不完全是动物，也不完全是人类，但与其他嵌合生物不同，它们与人类有一个共同的特征，长期以来一直被认为是赋予人类特殊法律地位的基础：人类脑细胞。这一特征不太可能被证明足以复制人脑。同样，这些生物也不可能达到与人类相同的自主思维和意识水平。尽管如此，这种增强的嵌合体可能会获得区别于其他动物的能力。因此，必须创造特殊的法律地位以适应其具体特征。本文将根据现行法律分析应赋予这些嵌合体的法律地位。