Primate Center News:
Oct. 20, 2009, War of the viruses: Could ancient virus genes help fight modern AIDS?
Oct. 11, 2009: High-speed genetic analysis looks deep inside primate immune system
July 9, 2009: Reduced diet thwarts aging, disease in monkeys
March 9, 2009: Signing of Stem Cell Executive Order
March 9, 2009: James Thomson comments on Obama's stem cell executive action
March 4, 2009: Researchers identify compound that could prevent HIV transmission
Jan. 28, 2009: After 30 years, tamarins ride off into retirement
Jan. 9, 2009: Kemnitz to Step Down as Primate Center Director
Nov. 25, 2008: Great Ape Trust of Iowa scientist honored with WNPRC conservation award
Primate Center Paved the Way to Human Stem Cell Advances
Dec. 18, 2008: James Thomson receives 2008 Massry Prize
Nov. 18-19, 2008: A Decade of Celebrating Stem Cells, Overture Center for the Arts (Free and open to the public)
Nov. 6, 2008: Research on human embryonic stem cells marks 10-year milestone
A Decade of Primate Center Stem Cell Firsts
Nov. 1, 2008: WNPRC scientists receive grants to study new type of stem cell
Sept. 10, 2008: World Stem Cell Summit comes to Madison Sept. 21-23
Sept. 3, 2008: Baby's smell tamps down dad's testosterone levels
August 4, 2008: New $8.9 Million Project Aims to Unlock Stem Cell Secrets
April 29, 2008: Stem cell pioneer Thomson elected to National Academy of Sciences
Feb. 27, 2008: Hamel to lead Primate Center Library
Nov. 30, 2007: Zeroing in on the workings of an anxious brain
Nov. 20, 2007: UW-Madison scientists guide human skin cells to embryonic state
Nov. 5, 2007: Horwich wins Jacobsen conservation award
October 8, 2007: Primate study shows excess vitamin A can be stored during fetal development
April 13, 2007: Walking Toward a Cure for Parkinson's Disease
April 10, 2007: Researchers seek early detection for hard-to-diagnose disease
The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center is one of eight federally supported (NIH-NCRR) National Primate Research Centers and the only one in the Midwest. More than 250 center scientists, through competitive grants, conduct research in primate biology with relevance to human and animal health.
The Primate Center is based in the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Center has strong research and teaching links to the UW Schools or Colleges of Medicine, Letters and Science, Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine. The Center is AAALAC accredited and its policies adhere to the U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training.
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Center Director and Contact:
Joseph W. Kemnitz, Ph.D., Director
1220 Capitol Court
Madison, WI 53715-1299
Phone: (608) 263-3500
Fax: (608) 265-2067
Programs of the National Primate Research Center are supported in part by Grant No. RR000167 from the National Institutes of Health