Featured Research News:
- World AIDS Day Dec. 1, 2023 and WNPRC AIDS research news
- Researchers share new method of protection from TB in macaques with SIV
- Multi-university research team reports genetically engineered kidney transplant success from pig to monkey in Nature.
- Discovery reveals fragile X syndrome begins developing even before birth
- Mixing donor and recipient immune systems creates tolerance of transplanted kidneys
- Lower urinary tract dysfunction is linked to metabolic syndrome
- New drug, N-803, may be beneficial in treating HIV
- Discovery points toward new treatments for ovariectomized women
- Ceramides are early responders in metabolic syndrome development
- Researchers identify sustainable source of immunodeficiency virus-resistant immune cells
- A new monkey model for studying Alzheimer’s Disease
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Why Primates
The National Primate Research Centers: Causes, Preventions, Treatments, Cures
How do the National Primate Research Centers benefit science and society? (2022)
The Livesaving Benefits of Primate Research (2017)
The Critical Role of Nonhuman Primates in Scientific and Medical Research (2016)
Events
WNPRC Robert W. Goy Lecture Series: Larry Young, William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, presented the annual Robert W. Goy Lecture in person and virtually on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The title was “The Neuroscience of Love, Loss and Social Connections: Implications for Health and Society.” Contact Edi Chan for more information about the Goy lecture series.
Learn More About Biomedical Research and Animal Care
Animal Research at UW-Madison: Get the Facts
Americans for Medical Progress