Over 60 years of life-saving research and humane animal care
WNPRC scientist Marina Emborg and her team developed a nonhuman-primate model that lets researchers visualize, in real time, the heart-nerve damage Parkinson’s disease causes — using PET imaging to track inflammation and nerve loss in the hearts of rhesus macaques. The advance could help detect and treat a serious but under-recognized effect of Parkinson’s on …
A new primate species named the Popa langur (Trachypithecus popa) has been discovered in Myanmar after years of extensive study and analysis of specimens from museums and field surveys completed by institutions around the world. This discovery highlights the importance of international collaboration, diverse scientific expertise and museum specimens in species discovery.
By Jordana Lenon Update May 24, 2021: Read the cover story Stem cell research: Celebrating 25 years of amazing discoveries in the spring 2021 issue of the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health’s Quarterly magazine! It’s been 25 years since University of Wisconsin–Madison scientist James Thomson became the first in the world to successfully …
Non-human primates could be highly susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2 the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 according to a newly published study in the scientific journal Communications Biology, conducted by researchers at the University of Calgary and New York University. This potential risk is of concern to primatologists around the world working with wild and captive primates.
This is a must share! Premiering Nov. 4 on Nature is a new series on wild primates! “In this new, three-part Nature series, get to know the many species of primates. From the popular chimpanzee and gorilla to the more obscure species like the snub-nosed monkey and the slow loris, explore their survival strategies, family …
By Jacqueline N. Rubin, WNPRC editorial intern By Jacqueline N. Rubin, WNPRC editorial intern Oct. 28, 2020 A special issue of Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research (COEMR) focusing on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has drawn praise from clinicians for its insights into the disease’s diversity, complexity and pathogenic origins. David Abbott, PhD, at …
PIN-Classic has been added to Primate Info Net to provide archived information from the old PIN managed by the former Lawrence Jacobsen Library at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. Some of the old PIN links are no longer available. Others have been or are in the process of being updated and moved to the …
We appreciate everyone who has contacted us requesting more information about our animal care procedures. If you have not seen the UW–Madison statement on how PETA recently misrepresented our research and animal care, it is posted here. In addition, people have asked us about electroejaculation in our animal husbandry procedures. We do use this standard and …