 The Brood reappeared once again in the pages of "Astonishing X-Men", however these Brood are revealed to be actual genetically-grown hybrids created by a geneticist known only as Kaga who started growing and redesigning them with missing data about post M-Day work on Henry McCoy's research computers.In the 2011 "Meanwhile" storyline "Astonishing X-Men", S.W.O.R.D.scientists successfully find a way to remove a Brood embryo from a human host, but not before the Brood they are studying escape and attack, prompting a botched rescue mission led by Abigail Brand and another rescue mission led by the X-Men.