Transgenic monkeys coming soon?

Scientists could successfully create transgenic marmosets using a gene that makes their tissues glow under ultraviolet light. Transgenic animals are individuals that carry a foreign gene that has been deliberately inserted into their genome. According to the study published in Nature journal, creating colonies of transgenic monkeys by breeding is much simpler than the old methods. Previously, a gene was injected into an embryo through a cumbersome process and unlike the current approach it did not pass along the genes to the next generation. These transgenic marmosets are used in biomedical research related to immunology and neurological disorders, as well as some genetic disorders like muscular dystrophy. Due to extensive biological dissimilarities between humans and monkeys, they cannot be used to study other disorders like AIDS and tuberculosis.