Inserted Gene Passed on to Monkey Offspring


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Inserted Gene Passed on to Monkey Offspring

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While researchers have long created transgenic mice and other animals by giving them extra genetic material, monkeys offer a promising avenue for medical studies because of their similarity to humans. Researchers have added genes to rhesus macaques before, but the new work with marmosets is the first to document that monkeys can pass an inserted gene...

http://article.wn.com/view/2009/05/27/I ... fspring_r/
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Wow. Experimentation on monkeys is not unheard of, but I've never read anything about injecting them with genes before. That's rather amazing that it took and was passed on.
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I had heard of the glow in the dark kittens or something similar, but the monkeys passing the gene on was what I thought made it newsworthy.
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Yeah: glowing parent monkey made glowing baby monkey.

Linky to some glowing animal pics:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... hoto4.html

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This will be the end of the common housecat's hunting prowess. How are they supposed to sneak up on a rat when they glow in the dark?

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Ah...another board moderated by Hyppo... :)
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Rakis wrote:
Ah...another board moderated by Hyppo... :)

She would never allow all that profanity and hate.
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Freakzilla wrote:
Rakis wrote:
Ah...another board moderated by Hyppo... :)

She would never allow all that profanity and hate.
Maybe it's the only place where she can act bitchy and hateful...













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I feel I'm pretty open-minded about various research projects these days, but I'm really disgusted by the thought of researchers having sex with monkeys. :naughty:
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SandChigger wrote:I feel I'm pretty open-minded about various research projects these days, but I'm really disgusted by the thought of researchers having sex with monkeys. :naughty:
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Oh, sorry, I misunderstood how the genes got inserted. :oops:
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