Expanding Alzheimer's research with primates could overcome the problem with treatments that show promise in mice but don't help humans
Nonhuman primates like rhesus monkeys share certain characteristics with people that may make them better study subjects than mice for research on neurodegenerative diseases.
Amanda M. Dettmer, Associate Research Scientist, Yale University
• conversation
Aug. 31, 2022 • ~9 min
Aug. 31, 2022 • ~9 min
We're creating 'humanized pigs' in our ultraclean lab to study human illnesses and treatments
Medical research to benefit people is first conducted in animals. Creating a new biomedical model by inserting human immune cells into pigs may lead to new insights and treatments.
Adeline Boettcher, Technical Writer II, Iowa State University •
conversation
April 12, 2021 • ~8 min
April 12, 2021 • ~8 min
What primates can teach us about managing arguments during lockdown
Primates have evolved behavioural strategies that can minimise the risk and costs of conflict.
Nicola F. Koyama, Senior Lecturer in Biological & Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University
• conversation
June 30, 2020 • ~6 min
June 30, 2020 • ~6 min
Monkey teeth fossils hint several extinct species crossed the Atlantic
New research suggests African monkeys crossed the ocean to South America earlier than previously thought.
Isabelle Catherine Winder, Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University
• conversation
April 9, 2020 • ~7 min
April 9, 2020 • ~7 min
Coronavirus: experts in evolution explain why social distancing feels so unnatural
The evolution of the strong human bond.
Vivien Shaw, Lecturer in Anatomy, Bangor University
• conversation
March 25, 2020 • ~7 min
March 25, 2020 • ~7 min
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