Featured Research News:
- WNPRC AIDS research news
- Collaborative efforts among the National Primate Research Centers advance Zika virus research
- Combining cell types may lead to improved cardiac cell therapy following a myocardial infarction
- Multi-university research team reports genetically engineered kidney transplant success from pig to monkey in Nature.
- Discovery reveals fragile X syndrome begins developing even before birth
- Mixing donor and recipient immune systems creates tolerance of transplanted kidneys
- Lower urinary tract dysfunction is linked to metabolic syndrome
- Discovery points toward new treatments for ovariectomized women
- Ceramides are early responders in metabolic syndrome development
- Researchers identify sustainable source of immunodeficiency virus-resistant immune cells
- A new monkey model for studying Alzheimer’s Disease
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Why Primates
The National Primate Research Centers: Causes, Preventions, Treatments, Cures
How do the National Primate Research Centers benefit science and society? (2022)
The Livesaving Benefits of Primate Research (2017)
The Critical Role of Nonhuman Primates in Scientific and Medical Research (2016)
Events
WNPRC Robert W. Goy Lecture Series: Cheryl L. Sisk, Ph.D., Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, will present the annual Robert W. Goy Lecture in person and virtually at 4pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. The title is “Back to the Future: The Organizational-Activational Hypothesis Adapted to Puberty and Adolescence.” The in-person location is the Orchard View Room (3rd floor), Discovery Bldg., UW–Madison, 330 N. Orchard Street, Madison, WI. For the virtual seminar, please use this webinar link. (Passcode: 271667) Contact Edi Chan for more information.
Learn More About Biomedical Research and Animal Care
Animal Research at UW-Madison: Get the Facts
Americans for Medical Progress