Chinese Scientists Clone Monkeys Using Method That Created Dolly The Sheep
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"We're excited —  extremely excited " Mu-ming Poo of the Chinese Academy of Sciences  said. "This is really  I think  a breakthrough for biomedicine."
 He  sees a need to have "genetically identical monkeys for studying many human diseases  especially brain diseases" such as Alzheimer's  Huntington's and Parkinson's disease.
The Chinese scientists acknowledge that any new technology can be abused. But they stress they have no interest in ever trying to clone a person. "Technically speaking one can clone human " Poo says. "But we're not going to do it. There's absolutely no plan to do anything on humans."
Poo's team succeeded by removing the DNA from fetal monkeys instead of using adult cells as a starting point. The scientists then transferred the genes into monkey eggs that had had their own DNA removed.
The next step was also crucial   Poo  says. The researchers stimulated the eggs to develop into embryos with a new mix of chemical signals. "The trick is we choose the right chemicals to turn on these genes we transfer into the egg "  Poo  says. "So that's what we did different. I think that's the key."
"They are lively. They are walking  jumping  playing around like all newborn baby monkeys " Poo says  adding that so far they seem very healthy.
"We're excited —  extremely excited " Mu-ming [TGT] of the Chinese Academy of Sciences  said. "This is really  I think  a breakthrough for biomedicine."
 He  sees a need to have "genetically identical monkeys for studying many human diseases  especially brain diseases" such as Alzheimer's  Huntington's and Parkinson's disease.
The Chinese scientists acknowledge that any new technology can be abused. But they stress they have no interest in ever trying to clone a person. "Technically speaking one can clone human " [TGT] says. "But we're not going to do it. There's absolutely no plan to do anything on humans."
[TGT]'s team succeeded by removing the DNA from fetal monkeys instead of using adult cells as a starting point. The scientists then transferred the genes into monkey eggs that had had their own DNA removed.
The next step was also crucial   [TGT]  says. The researchers stimulated the eggs to develop into embryos with a new mix of chemical signals. "The trick is we choose the right chemicals to turn on these genes we transfer into the egg "  [TGT]  says. "So that's what we did different. I think that's the key."
"They are lively. They are walking  jumping  playing around like all newborn baby monkeys " [TGT] says  adding that so far they seem very healthy.