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Chinese effort to clone gene-edited monkeys kicks off

Genetically identical primates could provide improved animal models of human disease, but some researchers raise ethical issues.
  1. David Cyranoski

    1. David Cyranoski reports for Nature from Shanghai, China.

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Researchers around the world interested in unravelling the mechanisms of complex human disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, could soon have access to cloned monkeys with genomes that have been edited to display these conditions in China.

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Nature 566, 15-16 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00292-w

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