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世界首批体细胞克隆猴在中国诞生 - 2019年01月24日
Cloned monkeys provide keys to human disease
Local scientists have created the world’s first genetically edited cloned monkeys.
The five cloned monkeys were born from July 12 to October 12 at the Institute of Neuroscience of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai with disrupted circadian clocks due to gene editing. Circadian clocks sync us with solar time and allow us to know the time of day.
The youngest died of pneumonia earlier this month. The other four are living with depression and anxiety, illustrating the ties between “clock disorder” and mood disorder, the research showed.