bioethics, genetic research, human genes in monkey brains

What Happens When Scientists Put Human Genes Into Monkeys?

In what seems like a real-life Planet of the Apes movie scenario, scientists from China have injected monkeys with genes from a human brain. Follow-up tests even suggest improved intelligence in the creatures! Not surprisingly, many ethical experts have criticized the experiment for breaking moral boundaries. The research was carried out by the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Armin Auctor

A monkey with genes from a human brain.