cynomolgus monkey
noun
cy·no·mol·gus monkey
ˌsī-nə-ˈmäl-gəs- 
: crab-eating macaque
Note: The name cynomolgus monkey is used especially in referring to this monkey when used in medical research.
Not long ago neurobiologists at Rockefeller University installed a glass plate in the skull of an anesthetized cynomolgus monkey.—
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The high contribution from the donor stem cells the research achieved is what gave the infant cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) a strange green tinge.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
State troopers urged people not to look for or capture the cynomolgus monkey following the Friday afternoon crash on a state highway near an Interstate 80 exit in Montour County.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2022
The term resurfaced most recently after news broke that a team of researchers had created human-monkey chimeras by inserting human stem cells into cynomolgus monkey embryos at a very early stage of development.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2021
In the meantime, the price for a cynomolgus monkey has more than doubled from a year ago to well over $10,000, Mr. Lewis said.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2021
Dave O’Connor of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who is studying SARS-CoV-2 in cynomolgus monkeys, says the field will ultimately winnow down models.
—Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 13 Apr. 2020
In China, two pigs with monkey cells were born after researchers genetically modified cynomolgus monkey cells in vitro.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
State troopers urged people not to look for or capture the cynomolgus monkey following the Friday afternoon crash on a state highway near an Interstate 80 exit in Montour County.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2022
The term resurfaced most recently after news broke that a team of researchers had created human-monkey chimeras by inserting human stem cells into cynomolgus monkey embryos at a very early stage of development.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2021
In the meantime, the price for a cynomolgus monkey has more than doubled from a year ago to well over $10,000, Mr. Lewis said.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2021
Dave O’Connor of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who is studying SARS-CoV-2 in cynomolgus monkeys, says the field will ultimately winnow down models.
—Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 13 Apr. 2020
In China, two pigs with monkey cells were born after researchers genetically modified cynomolgus monkey cells in vitro.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
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cynomolgus monkey
noun
cy·no·mol·gus monkey
ˌsī-nə-ˌmäl-gəs-
: a macaque (Macaca fascicularis synonym M. cynomolgus) of southeastern Asia, Borneo, and the Philippines that is often used in medical research
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