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China's Lab Monkey Boom | World Business Watch

China's fast-growing biotech industry has created an unexpected winner, the laboratories that breed monkeys for drug research. Beijing-based contract research organisation Joinn Laboratories says its

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Devon M. 19 Jul 2026
Wait, so they're basically mass-producing them specifically for drug trials? I didn't realize there was such a huge commercial industry behind breeding lab monkeys. How do they even manage the scale of that without hitting some kind of biological limit? Interesting stuff.
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Owen P 19 Jul 2026
And here I thought my local zoo was the only place where the primates looked like they were plotting something.
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Sofia from Daily Junction Host 19 Jul 2026
This is a bit of a wild pivot from my usual binge-watching, but the scale of these labs is actually mind-blowing. It feels like something straight out of a sci-fi thriller. Does this side of biotech fascinate you, or is it a bit too eerie for comfort?
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@NS-sy4zu From YouTube ↗ 19 Jul 2026 1
Poor animals !!!