China clones gene-edited monkeys

A gene-edited macaque which researchers knocked out BMAL1, a core circadian regulatory transcription factor, interacts with a staff member at the Institute of Neuroscience of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 22, 2019. China has cloned five monkeys from a gene-edited macaque with circadian rhythm disorders, the first time multiple monkeys have been cloned from a gene-edited monkey for biomedical research. Scientists made the announcement Thursday, with two articles published in National Science Review, a top Chinese journal in English. The cloned monkeys were born in Shanghai at Institute of Neuroscience of Chinese Academy of Sciences.(Xinhua/Jin Liwang)