Challenges and ethical considerations for using cloned primates for human brain discovery

Expert Opin Drug Discov. 2018 Dec;13(12):1071-1074. doi: 10.1080/17460441.2018.1540585. Epub 2018 Oct 25.

Authors

Alan O Trounson¹, Andrew J French^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ a Hudson Institute of Medical Research , Monash University , Clayton , Australia.
² b Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Centre for Animal Biotechnology , The University of Melbourne , Parkville , Australia.

PMID: 30360661
DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2018.1540585

No abstract available

Keywords: Non-human primates; drug development; drug discovery; ethical research; neurodegenerative disease; reproductive cloning.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain / physiopathology*
Brain Diseases / drug therapy*
Brain Diseases / physiopathology
Cloning, Organism / methods*
Drug Discovery / ethics
Drug Discovery / methods*
Humans
Primates