Cloned monkey ReTro reaches insanely rare milestone of second birthday

Scientists have tweaked traditional cloning of mammals that has resulted in a healthy rhesus monkey who has now passed his second birthday. It’s the first successful cloning of the species, and a big deal for researchers given that primates having proven notoriously difficult to genetically engineer.

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Category: Science

Tags: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cloning, Orange Monkey, Experimental, Genetic engineering


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