Chinese Researchers Clone 5 Gene-Edited Monkeys
Scientists in China have cloned five monkeys after editing genes to induce several human diseases like Alzheimer’s that they claim will help in medical research.
The Process
- Macaques are chiefly Asian monkeys typically having a sturdy build and including some short-tailed or tailless forms.
- The gene-edited macaque had circadian rhythm disorders associated with depression, diabetic, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
- To create an ideal donor monkey, the researchers knocked out BMAL1, a core circadian regulatory transcription factor, using gene editing at the embryo stage.
- They selected one of the gene-edited monkeys with the most severe disease phenotypes as the donor.
- The fibroblasts (the main connective tissue ....
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