Gene-modified autistic monkeys could lead to a cure for humans
As you might guess, purposefully creating monkeys with a mental illness (which has happened before) isn’t going to win over anyone who objects to experimenting on animals. There’s also a concern as to whether or not this is practical — even if you can afford to wait a few years for the monkeys to grow up, you may not have enough of them to conduct sufficiently large-scale tests. Clearly, the team is betting that the ethical and logistical problems will be worthwhile if they help end a major psychological disorder.
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