Rhesus monkeys can assess the visual perspective of others when competing for food
...Santos, both from Yale University, have found that rhesus monkeys consider whether a competitor can or canno...ing to steal food. Working with semi-free-ranging rhesus monkeys on the island of Cayo Santiago in Puerto Rico, Flombaum and Santos set up a food competition...NHGRI targets 12 more organisms for genome sequencing
...ced, such as the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) and orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). Obtaining the marmoset genome sequence will provide a powerful tool to illuminate the similarities and differences among these primate genomes. The second project chosen for its considerable m...Genetic links could unlock clues to leading cause of blindness
...and German researchers bout a genetic link between rhesus monkeys with macular degeneration and humans could...tic markers for macular degeneration in humans and rhesus monkeys, findings recently published in the online edition of the journal Experimental Eye Research....Gambling monkeys give insight into neural machinery of risk
...n their experiments, the researchers gave two male rhesus macaque monkeys chances to choose to look at either of two target lights on a screen. Looking at the "safe" target light yielded the same fruit juice reward each time. However, looking at the "risky" target light might yield a larger or smaller juice...'Shifty-eyed' Monkeys Offer Window Into Brain's Social Reflexes
...searchers compared the eye movements of humans and rhesus macaque monkeys when they were shown images of monkeys looking either to the left or right. The researchers would first concentrate the human or monkey test subjects' attention to the center of a computer screen by showing them a yellow square. The s...Deliver siRNAs Into Primary Cells
... cells (BAMEC), mouse embryo fibroblast (MEF), rhesus monkey stem cells (RMSC), bovine lung microvascular endothelial cells (BLMVEC) are shown in blue. Hard-to-transfect cell lines: Jurkat (human acute T-cells), K562 (human erythroleukemia cells), PC12 (rat pheochromocytoma ...A brief timeline of the stem cell debate
...late the first embryonic stem cells in primates -- rhesus macaque monkeys. The research shows it's possible to derive embryonic stem cells from primates, including humans. January 1998: Scientist and entrepreneur Richard Seed announces plans to open a human-cloning clinic. The clinic would offer infertil......wo decades to see if he can extend the lifespan of rhesus monkeys was featured in the MIT Technology Review'...her a diet low in calories has really extended the rhesus monkey's lives, because they live so long normally. What Weindruch has found is that monkeys fed 30......n and pathogenesis. The experiments are done with rhesus macaque monkeys under the auspices of the UW National Primate Research Center . Finding an AIDS vaccine is proving to be a much harder nut to crack than other diseases caused by viruses, said Nancy Wilson, associate scientist and lab manager. Vacci...Scientists found ancient Human Germ Killer
... of natural antibiotic found in the bone marrow of rhesus monkeys. The monkey substance was designated RTD-1. Such naturally occurring germ fighters, known as ``defensins,'' are believed to have evolved tens of millions of years ago, Cole said, before birds separated from their reptile ancestors. They inhi...Scientific markers of aging described
...aking part in this study of aging, with a group of rhesus monkeys. They followed the men for 22 years, the monkeys for 12. The monkeys were in two groups - one following a normal diet, the other on calorie restriction. The latter tended to have a lower body temperature, lower blood insulin levels and high......he deadly Ebola virus.// In a study conducted in rhesus monkeys, researchers found injections of a factor known to inhibit blood coagulation called rNAPc2 led to increased survival rates. The Ebola virus kills its victims by causing severe hemorrhagic fever. This leads to excessive coagulation of the blo...A genetic link between rhesus monkeys with macular degeneration and humans// cou...ict age-related macular degeneration in humans and rhesus monkeys. This discovery, Dawson said, would help delve deeper into what causes the disease and could...... about four months. The new drugs were tested on rhesus macaque monkeys because the bodily mechanisms controlling their periods are identical to those of humans. This means the treatments should be available to women very soon, the researchers say. All animals treated, regardless of the dose given, remain...Inovio Biomedical's DNA Delivery Technology Significantly Enhances Potency of HIV DNA Vaccine
... the resulting vaccine-specific immune responsesin rhesus macaques," summarized results of a research project leadby Michael A. Egan, Ph.D., a principle research scientist at WyethVaccine Research. The scientific paper concluded: "These resultsindicate that in vivo electroporation appears safe and candramat...