Mass cloning for neuro research? Chinese scientists report birth of five gene-edited monkeys
Remember when Chinese researchers announced the birth of the first monkeys created by somatic cell nuclear transfer? Exactly a year later, the same team is reporting a second breakthrough — cloning five gene-edited monkeys in an effort to overcome previous concerns about the costs and efficiency in using cloned monkeys for medical research.
“It can be said that this research means the technology for cloning gene-edited monkeys has made the leap from theory to practice,” scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai write in a blogpost for Chinese media Sina.
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