Neuroscience

Translational PET tracer visualizes brain cholesterol metabolism

A new PET radiotracer that visualizes the enzyme primarily responsible for metabolic cholesterol degradation in the brain has been successfully validated, according to research presented at the 2023 Society of Nuclear Medicine ...

Medical research

Research monkey shortage undermines US readiness, panel says

There's a shortage of monkeys available for medical research and the U.S. should expand its breeding programs rather than rely on international suppliers to solve it, an influential scientific advisory panel said Thursday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Finding a way to combat long COVID

A new study has identified potential neurological biomarkers of long COVID-19 in nonhuman primates that may help physicians diagnose, monitor and treat this condition.

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