Japanese scientists pioneer nonviral gene delivery in primates
Genetic engineering in non-human primates has long been limited by the need for virus-based gene delivery methods. Recently, ...
Glowing Monkeys? Scientists Rewrite the Rules of Primate Genetic Engineering
Japanese researchers used a nonviral piggyBac system to genetically modify cynomolgus monkeys, enabling more accurate disease ...
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Second Clinical Trial Begins on University of Minnesota’s Male Birth Control Pill
A groundbreaking male birth control pill, YCT529, is being developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota in ...
Hormone-Free Male Birth Control Pill Shows Promise in Animal Studies
Research from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, published in Communications Medicine, has laid the groundwork ...
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Developing nonviral gene delivery system in Primate
Genetic engineering in non-human primates has long been limited by the need for virus-based gene delivery methods. Recently, ...
SC plays a major role in US primate research. As funding cuts loom, what happens to the monkeys?
South Carolina plays a vital role in primate research for medical testing, including Yemasee monkey farm Alpha Genesis, who ...
Call to end experiments on caged monkeys bred at Monash University facility
Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show how marmosets and macaques are bred and experimented on at a ...
What makes the human brain unique? We compared it with monkeys and apes to find out
Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...
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The harrowing lives of animal researchers
One morning in 2021, researchers transported a monkey, like thousands before him, to a laboratory at the Caribbean Primate ... involve testing on animals, and genuine breakthroughs in human ...