Two new monkey species discovered
...l illustrator, who has made major contributions to primate conservation worldwide through his posters and educational materials. The second new species, Callicebus stephennashi, is named after Nash, who works for Conservation International and is based at the Department of Anatomical Sciences at the State Un...Rutgers to host 14th annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society meeting
...ier localities for the study of our closest living primate relatives, and for the investigation of the fossilized remains and archaeological traces of our early human ancestors. The meeting will be divided into sessions to be held at the Rutgers Student Center, 126 College Ave., and in Brower Commons, locat...Statement by the Ethics Advisory Board of Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.
...sue have not yet been isolated. However, human and primate ES cells taken from blastocysts have been successfully differentiated in vitro into derivatives of all cell types. The members of the ACT EAB support legislation proposed by Senators Specter, Feinstein, Hatch, Kennedy, Harkin and other co-sponsors (S...Foreign DNA makes TB vaccine better
... it has proven to be a challenge in both non-human primate and human studies. One of the reasons DNA vaccination has not been effective in humans or in primate models may be due to the low amount of protein produced, or, put another way, the high amounts of DN...Archaeological journey reveals new information on chimpanzee stone tool technology
...t of Anthropology, and Melissa Panger, who studies primate tool use at GW - launched an archaeological excavation of a chimpanzee nut-cracking site in Cte d'Ivoire's Tai National Park in September 2001. Using archaeological methods on a non-human species for the first time, the excavations revealed new facet...First primate archaeological dig uncovers new tool development links
...he first archaeological examination of a non-human primate workplace and establishes new links between the us...d the techniques of human archaeology on non-human primate sites, Mercader said. The researchers have proved archaeology to be a feasiblemethod of uncov...Chimpanzee stone tool site excavated
...gical application is useful in reconstructing past primate behavior both human and non-human. The results open a new territory for many disciplines, including primatology, archaeology, and paleoanthropology, and indicate the possibility that some of the technologically simplest Oldowan sites could be re-inte...NIH grants infrastructure awards for human embryonic stem cell research
...S. Department of Health and Human Services, funded primate research studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, that led to certain discoveries claimed in Wisconsin patent rights. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the premier fe...Scientists push back primate origins from 65 million to 85 million years ago
...out dinosaurs. If times of divergence within the primate tree are revised accordingly, it is likely that th...s) is unreliable. "Current interpretations of primate and human evolution are flawed because paleontologists have relied too heavily on direct interpretat...Genomic study breathes new life into asthma research
...at, "The gene expression profile in this non-human primate model could provide useful insights into the genes regulated in asthma"....Discovery Channel special watches OSU chimps learn to read
...able to detect whether another primate is aware of a possible, specific threat or reward. Keeli's and Ivy's young age was key to the success so far with this project, which raises the question of whether there is a window in tim...First vaccine for cat AIDS approved for veterinary use
...a veterinary school, medical school and a regional primate research center. Feline immunodeficiency virus is transmitted from cat to cat mainly through bite wounds because the virus is present at high levels in the saliva. Like human AIDS, the virus attacks the body's immune system, making the animal suscept...2.6 billion years of primate and carnivore evolutionary history at risk
... discovered that the greatest concentration of all primate and carnivore evolutionary history exists within those species found only in the 25 biodiversity hotspots. These species whose combined evolutionary ages total 2.6 billion years represent genetic lineages that are vital to the future diversity, ev...Researchers develop primate stem cells from unfertilized embryo
... they said, "broad differentiation capabilities of primate stem cells derived by parthenogenesis." The cell...ulation of neurons whose efficient generation from primate embryonic stem cells had not been reported previously." "The potential clinical applications incl...Cloning primates is turning out to be a real challenge
...is could mean that there is something unique about primate eggs that will make cloning monkeys or people far more difficult than cloning other animals. At the very least, the experiments show that there's a lot to learn before primates can be cloned. Tanja Dominko, who presented the results last week at a c...Fossil teeth reveal recent origin of human growth pattern
...umans take a good 18 to 20 years to grow up, other primate species like chimpanzees and gorillas take just 11 or 12 years." A supporting article, written by Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi of the University of Florence in Italy, is included in the "News and Views" section of the journal. The research was designed to d...Early detection device for exposure to chemical warfare agents being developed
... given an antidote to avoid pain or distress. The primate studies will be expanded over the next six months to include giving memory tests to the monkeys who initially should actually have improved cognition because of the decreased breakdown of acetylcholine to obtain the EMG signal under confounding c...Gender issues related to spaceflight: A NASA perspective
...d with the development of endometriosis in certain primate species. RADIATION, FERTILITY Radiation concerns for women and men are generally similar except for exposure of the gonads and breast and thyroid tissue. Although the radiation exposure levels found in long-duration spaceflight may present an infer...Earliest evidence of lemurs discovered in Pakistan, far from their current home, Science reports
...ilemur 's teeth to determine where it fit into the primate family tree, concluding that it was most closely r...family. The close relationship poses a problem for primate researchers. Current evidence indicates that Madagascar and the Indian subcontinent broke away from ......boons are "old world monkeys," part of a different primate "super family" that -- some 30 million years ago -- split from the family that gave rise to apes and then humans. Chimpanzees, in the ape family, already have demonstrated abstract thought. Now, two trained baboons successfully determined that two ...