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  • Scientists Put a Human Intelligence Gene Into a Monkey. Other Scientists are Concerned

    01/03/2020 10:48:29 AM PST · by Roman_War_Criminal · 56 replies
    Discover Mag ^ | 12/29/19 | Teal Burrell
    Scientists adding human brain genes to monkeys — it’s the kind of thing you’d see in a movie like Rise of the Planet of the Apes. But Chinese researchers have done just that, improving the short-term memories of the monkeys in a study published in March in the Chinese journal National Science Review. While some experts downplayed the effects as minor, concerns linger over where the research may lead. The goal of the work, led by geneticist Bing Su of Kunming Institute of Zoology, was to investigate how a gene linked to brain size, MCPH1, might contribute to the evolution...