Transgenic Primate Research Paves the Path to a Better Animal Model: Are We a Step Closer to Curing Inherited Human Genetic Disorders? | Zendy

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Transgenic Primate Research Paves the Path to a Better Animal Model: Are We a Step Closer to Curing Inherited Human Genetic Disorders?

Author(s) -

Anthony W.S. Chan

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of molecular cell biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.825

H-Index - 62

eISSN - 1674-2788

pISSN - 1759-4685

DOI - 10.1093/jmcb/mjp009

Subject(s) - non human primate , primate , transgene , animal model , biology , mechanism (biology) , nonhuman primate , neuroscience , non human , evolutionary biology , computational biology , genetics , gene , philosophy , epistemology , endocrinology , political science , law

While the advancement of transgenic primate models has led to a new era in modeling human conditions and has a clear impact on elucidating the mechanism of human genetic diseases, some thoughts should be considered if non-human primates are the appropriate model.

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