China clones gene-edited monkeys

Source: Xinhua| 2019-01-24 02:06:04|Editor: zh
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(L-R) Zhou Dejin, director general of Bureau of Science Communication of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Muming Poo, director of the Institute of Neuroscience of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Zhang Hongjun, Sun Qiang and Liu Zhen, who are researchers from the Institute of Neuroscience of Chinese Academy of Sciences, answer questions at a press conference in Shanghai, east China, on Jan. 23, 2019. China has cloned five monkeys from a gene-edited macaque with circadian rhythm disorders, the first time multiple monkeys have been cloned from a gene-edited monkey for biomedical research. Scientists made the announcement Thursday, with two articles published in National Science Review, a top Chinese journal in English. The cloned monkeys were born in Shanghai at Institute of Neuroscience of Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

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