MONKEYS BORN FROM DNA TRANSPLANT!!!
BY: Nelson Hernandez
Scientist and researchers alike have been searching for some time for a way for women to avoid passing on genetic diseases and defects. They have been successful in the birth of four healthy rhesus macaques. Although it is not a very safe technique, experts say that this method is new exiting. This experiment involved the transfer of DNA of two of the monkeys, both of the same species. In the future, scientist plan to use this method to stop diseases by stopping defects in mitochondria. About one person in every four or five thousand has a defect in their mitochondria. However symptoms may be things like muscle weakness, dementia, movement disorders, sight and hearing loss, and heart, muscle and kidney problems. This method still need testing before it is practiced.
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