{"id":753679,"date":"2018-06-23T07:36:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T11:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=753679"},"modified":"2018-06-23T07:36:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T11:36:47","slug":"china-is-genetically-engineering-monkeys-with-brain-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=753679","title":{"rendered":"China Is Genetically Engineering Monkeys With Brain Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>The goal was not to make a monkey with autism, per se, but one with enough symptoms to elucidate the brain structures that cause them and test drugs that could alleviate them.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SARAH ZHANG:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;In the past few years, China has seen a miniature explosion of genetic engineering in monkeys. In Kunming, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, scientists have created monkeys engineered to show signs of Parkinson\u2019s, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, autism, and more&#8230; Guoping Feng holds an endowed chair in neuroscience at MIT, where he focuses on the genetics of brain disorders,&#8230; travels to China several times a year, because there, he can pursue research he has not yet been able to carry out in the United States&#8230; <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In search of a more humanlike model for his autism research, Feng set finding Chinese collaborators to create Shank3 knockout monkeys. The goal was not to make a monkey with autism, per se, but one with enough symptoms to elucidate the brain structures that cause them and test drugs that could alleviate them&#8230; and to study psychiatric disorders like OCD and schizophrenia in monkeys&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>At MIT, Feng\u2019s lab worked on genetically engineering a monkey species called marmosets, which are very small and genuinely bizarre-looking. They are cheaper to keep due to their size, but they are a relatively new lab animal, and they can be difficult to train on lab tasks. For this reason, Feng also wanted to study Shank3 on macaques in China&#8230; American scientists worry that the United States is falling behind China on primate research&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2018\/06\/china-is-genetically-engineering-monkeys-with-brain-disorders\/561866\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kfQU8O1i0co?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SARAH ZHANG: &#8216;In the past few years, China has seen a miniature explosion of genetic engineering in monkeys. 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