Over 60 years of life-saving research and humane animal care
By Jacqueline N. Rubin, WNPRC editorial intern The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) and the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) have received a $4.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to double their yield of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) for biomedical researchers needing these primates for neuroscience research. While addressing the …
Nearly all modern medical advances have depended on research with animals along some step of the way. Research with nonhuman primates often serves as a critical link between basic science and human clinical application. Following are examples of how research with nonhuman primates has helped advance science and medicine. 1900s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s …
Nov. 20, 2017, marks the 10th anniversary of announcing the successful derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells from human somatic cells, published by James Thomson, V.M.D, Ph.D., and his team in Science. Thomson continues his many research collaborations on campus and beyond as Director of Regenerative Medicine at the Morgridge Institute for Research. He is …
By Jordana Lenon The Orang-utan Conservation Genetics Project, led by Graham L. Banes, associate scientist at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, is ramping up. After more than a decade of sample collection and study, Banes and his team have published their standardized method for analyzing orang-utan genomes. Their work is described in a recent publication …
By Jordana Lenon, Senior Editor, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center As head of the local arrangements committee, Toni Ziegler, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison and WNPRC, helps introduce the keynote speakers at the American Society of Primatologists meeting in Madison Aug. 21-24, 2019. Against a backdrop of news covering the Amazon wildfires and increasing global tensions …
By Jordana Lenon Nearly 38 million people are living with HIV, according to the World Health Organization. The key word in that sentence is living. While AIDS is still lethal for those who cannot afford or are otherwise not receiving life-saving medicines, a rapidly growing number of people are finally able to describe their illness as …
By Jordana Lenon, Senior Editor, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center Dopamine, a brain chemical associated with reward-motivated behavior, can be increased by the therapeutic drug methylphenidate (MPH), marketed as Ritalin and typically prescribed to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This increase, in turn, changes the way the brain makes connections among its various …