Good news for nanomedicine: Quantum dots appear safe in pioneering study on primates
A pioneering study to gauge the toxicity of quantum dots in primates has found the tiny crystals to be safe over a one-year period, a hopeful outcome for doctors and scientists seeking new ways to battle diseases like cancer through nanomedicine. View More (2012-05-21)
Nearly one-tenth of hemisphere's mammals unlikely to outrun climate change
A safe haven could be out of reach for 9 percent of the Western Hemisphere's mammals, and as much as 40 percent in certain regions, because the animals just won't move swiftly enough to outpace climate change. View More (2012-05-15)
Scientists Trace Evolutionary History of What Mammals Eat
The feeding habits of mammals haven't always been what they are today, particularly for omnivores. View More (2012-04-19)
New study traces the evolutionary history of what mammals eat
The feeding habits of mammals haven't always been what they are today, particularly for omnivores, finds a new study. View More (2012-04-17)
Social stress changes immune system gene expression in primates
The ranking of a monkey within her social environment and the stress accompanying that status dramatically alters the expression of nearly 1,000 genes, a new scientific study reports. View More (2012-04-10)
Scratching the surface of social interaction
It can be difficult to uncover the behavior of small, shy, nocturnal primates like the brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus), especially in the dense rainforests of Madagascar where this lemur lives. View More (2012-03-26)
Puzzling over links between monkey research and human health
Studies in monkeys are unlikely to provide reliable evidence for links between social status and heart disease in humans, according to the first ever systematic review of the relevant research. View More (2012-03-22)
Evolution is written all over your face
Why are the faces of primates so dramatically different from one another? View More (2012-01-12)
OHSU research produces the world's first primate chimeric offspring
Newly published research by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University provides significant new information about how early embryonic stem cells develop and take part in formation of the primate species. View More (2012-01-06)
Pythons and people take turns as predators and prey
People and giant snakes not only target each other for food - they also compete for the same prey, according to a study co-authored by a Cornell University researcher. View More (2011-12-15)
Journal of Neuroscience: Why evolutionarily ancient brain areas are important
Structures in the midbrain that developed early in evolution can be responsible for functions in newborns which in adults are taken over by the cerebral cortex. View More (2011-11-30)
Evolution offers clues to leading cause of death during childbirth
Unusual features of the human placenta may be the underlying cause of postpartum hemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal deaths during childbirth, according to evolutionary research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. View More (2011-11-03)
New therapy shows promise for treating cardiovascular disease
A new therapy being studied in non-human primates by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues is demonstrating promise as a potential tool for combating cardiovascular disease by increasing good cholesterol and lowering triglycerides in the blood. View More (2011-10-31)
First Ebola-like virus native to Europe discovered
A team of international researchers has discovered a new Ebola-like virus - Lloviu virus -- in bats from northern Spain. Lloviu virus is the first known filovirus native to Europe, they report in a study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens on Octobr 20th. View More (2011-10-21)
Millions of new regulatory elements found in human genome
An international research team led by Kerstin Lindblad-Toh at the Broad Institute, US and Uppsala University, Sweden has mapped and compared the genomes of 29 mammals. View More (2011-10-13)
Single vaccines to protect against both rabies and Ebola
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, among other institutions, including the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have developed single vaccines to protest against both rabies and the Ebola virus. View More (2011-08-26)
Researchers discover oldest evidence of nails in modern primates
From hot pink to traditional French and Lady Gaga's sophisticated designs, manicured nails have become the grammar of fashion. View More (2011-08-16)
Wired for sound: A small fish's brain illustrates how people and other vertebrates produce sounds
Cornell researchers have identified regions of a fish brain that reveal the basic circuitry for how humans and other vertebrates generate sound used for social communication. View More (2011-06-15)
Researchers warn of 'fever from the forest'
More than a thousand years ago, somewhere in Southeast Asia, a fateful meeting occurred between a mosquito-borne virus that infected mainly monkeys and a large, susceptible group of humans. View More (2011-06-14)
Fetal exposure to BPA changes development of uterus in primates
Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical widely used in the food and medical industries, causes changes in female primates' uterus development, new research suggests. View More (2011-06-08)
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