College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Animal Science

First US Success of Nonhuman Primate Gene Editing

May 01, 2017

Dr. Keith Latham and colleagues have demonstrated for the first time in the US effectiveness of gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9 technology in rhesus monkey embryos.

Dr. Keith Latham and his lab are featured in a May 1 MSUToday article, "First US Success of Nonhuman Primate Gene Editing," describing groundbreaking recently published results. The results of the study are published in Human Molecular Genetics.