New evidence suggests that monkey thought extinct still exists
...evidence and his continuing search for the elusive monkey in a forthcoming issue of the International Journa...ogy. Miss Waldron's red colobus is a small, black monkey with reddish fur on its forehead and thighs. Researchers think that these primates once lived in lar...Dana-Farber scientists discover natural blocker of HIV-1 virus
...M5-alpha protein but it is less effective than the monkey version in blocking HIV-1 infection. It's possible...ecule, or, conceivably, administer the more potent monkey version as a therapy. TRIM5-alpha proteins reside in "cytoplasmic bodies" inside HIV-1 target cells...Rwanda's primate-rich forests now a national park
... the park, and the Angolan black-and-white colobus monkey congregates in huge groups of up to 400 individuals, one of the great spectacles of Africa's forests. Nyungwe and neighboring Kibira National Park in Burundi together form the largest block of rain forest in eastern Africa. Nyungwe was first created...Primate viruses transmitted to people through bushmeat
...th viruses from at least three separate species of monkey and ape. "Simian foamy virus should be considered a novel retrovirus of humans. Researchers have documented animal to human transmission of SFV in the laboratory, but our study is the first to demonstrate that these retroviruses are actively crossin...Gene with key role in replicating pox viruses also halts inflammation
...id. "These viral proteins are present in smallpox, monkey pox and many other poxes, and they are very homolo...nction, we can start figuring out why smallpox and monkey pox cause disease."......in a fashion strikingly similar to that of several monkey species, including the owl monkey. As a bush baby was presented with a pattern that filled its entire visual field, neurons throughout the region responded, indicating that it maps the retinas of both eyes. When presented with moving gratings (group...New milestones on the path to conquering HIV drug resistance (AIDS)
...lock its activity. "It's like throwing a molecular monkey wrench into the virus's essential machinery," Arnold said. The success of the compounds may be due to their ability to assume different shapes, allowing them to adapt to the changing shapes found in the virus's repertoire of drug-resistant forms. Arn...New glycan arrays discover autoimmunogenic activities of SARS-CoV: concern over monkey vaccine
...e virus-based SARS vaccine that is produced by the monkey Vero E6 cell." They consider that it is too risky ...tly applied to determine whether SARS-CoV-infected monkey cells expresses antigenic structures that mimic the complex carbohydrates on human glycoprotein. Qu...Critically endangered monkey species plummets more than 50 percent since 1994
...s langur (Trachypithecus delacouri), a charismatic monkey found only in a tiny area of northern Vietnam, is close to extinction, scientists at the International Primatological Society's 20th Congress reported today. New research suggests that as many as 200 of the remaining 300 individuals, one of the most ...PNNL lands $10.3 million NIH biodefense contract to unlock proteomes of salmonella and pox
...se salmonella poisoning and typhoid fever, and the monkey pox virus. The five-year award is the Department o...nvestigator and a Battelle Fellow at PNNL. Besides monkey pox, which serves as a close viral analog to deadly smallpox, two species from the genus Salmonella ...Simian virus 40 not associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, study shows
...taminated poliovirus vaccines, which were grown in monkey kidney tissue. Several groups have reported detection of SV40 in the tumor tissue of 15% to 43% of NHL patients, and the virus causes leukemia and lymphoma in laboratory rodents. However, other research groups did not detect SV40 in NHL tumors, and r...Wildlife Conservation Society hosts public symposium on human-wildlife diseases
"With headlines that make mad cow, monkey pox and West Nile household words, it has become clear that the health of people and that of domestic animals are inextricably linked--there is truly only 'one health,'" said Dr. Robert Cook, chief veterinarian and vice president of the Wildlife Cons...