University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: January 2022

PIN Classic resources now part of new PIN

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We have now incorporated our “PIN Classic” content into the new Primate Info Net, under Primate Fact Sheets and Resources. This content includes topics and resources from the original PIN managed by the former Lawrence Jacobsen Library. With all this moving around and rearranging, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you can no longer find what you …

A new monkey model for studying Alzheimer’s disease

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WNPRC scientist Ricki Colman and UW–Madison colleagues showed that aged rhesus monkeys — which develop amyloid plaques naturally as they age — are a promising new model for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, more closely reflecting the human condition than the young, genetically-engineered mice typically studied.