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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 25 > Gene therapy gives two monkeys new ability to see red

Gene therapy gives two monkeys new ability to see red

Experiment could lead to better knowledge about how the primate brain analyzes color

By Nicholas Wade / The Bulletin
September 25, 2009

Dalton and Sam are male squirrel monkeys, about a foot tall. Their ancestors lived by eating fruit and insects and dodging falcons in the forest canopy of Central and South America. Dalton and Sam lead a more protected life in the laboratory of Jay and Maureen Neitz at the University of....

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