Category: Research News

Findings, breakthroughs, publications, new models/methods.

Nature News Feature: How human embryonic stem cells sparked a revolution

Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold virus

Monkey study shows a path to monitoring endangered species

Monkeys infected by mosquito bites further Zika virus research

Estrogen discovery could shed new light on fertility problems

Friedrich lab contributes genetic analysis to H7N9 influenza research

WNPRC scientist Tom Friedrich and graduate student Louise Moncla provided deep genetic sequencing and analysis for studies of H7N9 avian influenza — a flu strain shown to be both lethal and transmissible, and capable of developing drug resistance, in a nonhuman-primate model. Their work supported the Kawaoka team’s research on this pandemic-potential virus.

Marmoset babies get a boost from attentive fathers

Zika infections unlikely to be passed by kissing, casual contact

Stem cells yield nature’s blueprint for body’s vasculature

Stem cells yield nature’s blueprint for body’s vasculature

Zika infections could be factor in more pregnancies