s inserted into a host cells DNA. Once that is achieved, how the gene functions can be better understood and the mastery of genetic integration takes shape.Andi is not the only success borne from genetic modification. Alterations in plants and animals, especially mice, have proven worthwhile in certain cases. Scientists have learned a great deal, since the first transgenic mouse was created in 1976 by Rudolf Jaenisch of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass. Discoveries have been made from studies of human diseases by the insertion of certain genes into mice. You can probably get about 15%-20% of the mice offspring that have taken up the new genes. Monkeys, on the other hand, have only one offspring..., [Dr. Chan] said (Reuters 2). The transgenic procedures in mice have a better rate of success because of the number of offspring in one generation. The possibility of the functioning gene in the many offspring of the mice is much greater than the possibility in other animals that produce less offspring. However, mice are not the best models for studying human diseases because of an obvious genetic disparity from humans. ...[P]roducing transgenic monkeys...could be...the ideal models to accelerate discoveries and to bridge the scientific gap between transgenic mice and humans (Science, p.312). A transgenic monkey used as a disease model would offer a better understanding of particular illnesses than mice. The present success with a transgenic monkey would offer a more accurate perspective on how the human body reacts and recovers from illnesses. The objective of scientists when employing modification techniques in mice and other animals is to attempt to efficiently combat diseases and ultimately benefit humankind. We believe that a monkey model would be a better way to study human diseases. We hope to be able to learn more about how exactly a particular disease works and what types of drugs mig...
