A large team of medical researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. reports that genetically altering the genome of pigs can reduce the chance of rejection of their organs when transplanted into a primate.
To reimagine existing preclinical trials for Alzheimer's disease, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine neuroscientists created the first non-human primate model of hereditary Alzheimer's in marmoset monkeys, outlining ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Although you might never have consciously considered it, it's very likely that when you receive a reward, part of the value that you place on it depends on what other people have received as similar rewards. In a recent study ...
Aug 4, 2023
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A team of health care specialists and neuroscientists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S., has found that injecting a protein called klotho into older rhesus macaques led to improvements in working memory and ...
Animal research is pointing toward a new way to prevent HIV infection: a refillable implant that continuously delivers antiretroviral medications for up to 20 months at a time.
Jun 29, 2023
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Humans have long known how to synchronize to rhythms. But now, researchers from Japan have found that movement synchronization spontaneously takes place in macaque monkeys as well. In a study recently published in Proceedings ...
May 31, 2023
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A low-cost, protein-based COVID-19 vaccine tested in rhesus monkeys by Stanford Medicine researchers and colleagues offered immunity against known variants for at least one year. Researchers hope the vaccine, which can remain ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Changing between slow and fast integration of information, the brain can flexibly modulate the timescales on which it operates. This is the result of a new study by an international team of researchers, now published in the ...
Apr 6, 2023
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A neurotechnology that stimulates the spinal cord instantly improves arm and hand mobility, enabling people affected by moderate to severe stroke to conduct their normal daily activities more easily, report researchers from ...
Feb 20, 2023
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To make sense of a visual scene, it's important to be able to pick out any figures or objects from the background. In a study published recently in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, researchers from Japan have expanded on ...
Feb 16, 2023
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