Editing Microcephalin (section)

== Research studies ==
In March 2019, Chinese scientists reported inserting the human brain-related MCPH1 gene into laboratory [[rhesus monkey]]s, resulting in the transgenic monkeys performing better and answering faster on "short-term memory tests involving matching colors and shapes", compared to control non-transgenic monkeys, according to the researchers.<ref name="DSVR-20191229">{{cite news | vauthors = Burrell T |title=Scientists Put a Human Intelligence Gene Into a Monkey. Other Scientists are Concerned. |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/scientists-put-a-human-intelligence-gene-into-a-monkey-other-scientists-are |date=29 December 2019 |work=[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]] |access-date=30 December 2019 }}</ref><ref name="NSR-20190327">{{cite journal |author=Shi, Lei |display-authors=et al. |title=Transgenic rhesus monkeys carrying the human MCPH1 gene copies show human-like neoteny of brain development |date=27 March 2019 |journal=[[Chinese Academy of Sciences|Chinese National Science Review]] |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=480–493 |doi=10.1093/nsr/nwz043|pmid=34691896 | pmc=8291473  |doi-access=free }}</ref>