Maternal Monkey Metabolism: what can it teach us about human pregnancy?
Researchers have gathered data about how metabolism changes in the body during pregnancy and what that might mean for maternal diseases.
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Gene therapy for alcoholism successful in monkeys
Using a well-established non-human primate model, researchers were able to successfully treat alcohol use disorder with a gene therapy targeting the dopamine reward system.
Monkey see, monkey do: scientists have created the first cloned primates
No, we won’t be seeing designer babies anytime soon. But scientists have successfully cloned monkeys for the first time, establishing a technique that could be used to create better disease models using primates, the closest animals to humans.
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