Template:Did you know nominations/Loon (monkey)

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The result was: promoted by Montanabw^(talk) 05:18, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

Loon (monkey)

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~~... that tissue samples from Loon, the diabetic drill, were used to make induced pluripotent stem cells?~~

Reviewed: Pannenkoek2012

Created by DragonflySixtyseven (talk). Self-nominated at 14:11, 16 June 2016 (UTC).

Article is newly created. It is long enough, cited throughout and free of any obvious copyvio issues. Hook is interesting and formatted correctly. All the relevant facts have an inline citation. QPQ done so good to go. Retroplum (talk) 15:18, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Comment: Cells from Loon were used to generate Drill iPS cells. These days, iPS cells can be generated from cells of pretty much any mammalian species. Loon's cells were used just because its keepers want to do so. The current hook sounds like using Loon's cells is the way to go when iPS cells are made, which is not true. --PFHLai (talk) 19:23, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

The thing is that Loon was one of the first endangered species to have his tissues used this way, which is what I found interesting. If I can get that into the article... DS (talk) 20:50, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

"one of the first endangered species" ? That's hooky. --PFHLai (talk) 21:32, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, per ZDNet. Any suggestions on how to phrase it, both for the article and for here? DS (talk) 22:33, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Maybe "the first endangered primate"? I'm working on it. Will continue soon. --PFHLai (talk) 15:47, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that diabetic children were sent to visit Loon, a drill at the San Diego Zoo, to help them overcome their aversion to needle injections? --PFHLai (talk) 19:44, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Approving ALT1. I agree with Retroplum that this article meets basic DYK requirements. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:39, 24 June 2016 (UTC)