Over 60 years of life-saving research and humane animal care
By Jordana Lenon Understanding whether the severity of maternal and fetal Zika virus infection increases in pregnant women who previously had dengue fever should be a public health priority, according to researchers from multiple universities studying rhesus macaques at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. A new study by these researchers is the first to examine …
An international study identified the gene NPSR1 as a promising non-hormonal drug target for endometriosis — and the genetic link was validated in WNPRC’s colony of rhesus macaques, which develop endometriosis spontaneously, much like humans.
By Jordana Lenon For all of us planning to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months, now is a great time to thank all the researchers and animal care experts for all they have done to make these safe and effective vaccines possible. We owe them our most profound gratitude. Early in 2020, the …
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 …
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 …