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Retro
Retro is a rhesus macaque monkey born in July 2020 who was announced by Chinese researchers in early 2024 as the first healthy cloned rhesus macaque to survive to adulthood. Retro was created using somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the same technique used to clone Dolly the sheep. The research team, led by scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, modified the technique by cul...
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Zhakonya
Zhakonya was a Soviet rhesus macaque used in scientific research aboard the Bion 9 satellite, launched in September 1989. Alongside another monkey named Zabiyaka, Zhakonya spent 13 days and 17 hours in low Earth orbit, setting a spaceflight endurance record for primates at the time. The mission was designed to study the physiological effects of microgravity, including radiation exposure and cardio...
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