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Scientists have cloned the first rhesus monkey, a breakthrough that could help advance medical research but has drawn criticism from an animal welfare group. New cloned monkey species highlights ...
Zhong Zhong (Chinese: 中中; pinyin: Zhōng Zhōng, born 27 November 2017) and Hua Hua (Chinese: 华华; pinyin: Huá Huá, born 5 December 2017) are a pair of identical crab-eating macaques (also referred to as cynomolgus monkeys) that were created through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the same cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep in 1996.
This was the first time this technique had proven successful in monkeys, although it is often used in cattle. [1] She was the first primate to have been cloned using this "splitting" technique. [1] The first non-human primate derived from nuclear transfer was created in 1997 using a different technique for "cloning". [2]
In 2001, scientists at Texas A&M University created the first cloned cat, CC . [8] Even though CC is an exact copy of her host, they had different personalities; i.e., CC was shy and timid, while her host was playful and curious. [9] In 2004, the first commercially cloned cat, Little Nicky, was created by Genetic Savings & Clone. [10]
Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, two identical long-tailed macaques are the first primates to be cloned from a non-embryonic cell. Chinese scientists break key barrier by cloning monkeys Skip to main content
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In January 2019, scientists in China reported the creation of five identical cloned gene-edited monkeys, again using this method, and the gene-editing CRISPR-Cas9 technique allegedly used by He Jiankui in creating the first ever gene-modified human babies Lulu and Nana. The monkey clones were made in order to study several medical diseases. [49 ...
Cloning of animals is opposed by animal-groups due to the number of cloned animals that suffer from malformations before they die, and while food from cloned animals has been approved as safe by the US FDA, [105] [106] its use is opposed by groups concerned about food safety. [107] [108]