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Scientists decode macaque genome  -  Apr 13, 2007
BBC NewsScientists have decoded the genetic make-up of the rhesus macaque, ... They say in their analysis that the rhesus macaque, chimp and humans share about ...

Macaque Genome Deciphered; May Herald Medical Breakthroughs  -  Apr 12, 2007
National GeographicScientists have finished sequencing the genome of the rhesus macaque monkey in ... Gibbs is the project leader for the Rhesus Macaque Genome Sequencing and ...

Monkey gene chip may help researchers  -  Nov 29, 2005
USA TODAY - USA TodayA Rhesus macaque monkey, whose genetic code is similar to humans. ... The gene chip for the Rhesus macaque monkey will be especially useful because the ...

Macaque joins the genome Hall of Fame  -  Apr 12, 2007
New ScientistThe rhesus macaque has become the third primate to have its genome fully ... The rhesus macaque is already a valuable study organism for biomedical research ...

Is That a Rhesus Macaque Under Your Shirt Or Are You Just Happy To …  -  Dec 9, 2008
postchronicle.com...by Steven Kane. A Rhesus Macaque is a kind of monkey, and if you put one under your shirt and try to smuggle it into the country, you could end up in jail. ...

Breakthrough paves way for human cloning  -  Nov 13, 2007
Sydney Morning HeraldHowever, using the cells of a 10-year old male rhesus macaque monkey, they have produced dozens of cloned embryos, and been able to extract stem cells - the ...

Primate's progress: macaque genome is usefully different. | Article...  -  Apr 14, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Science News - HighBeam ResearchThe rhesus macaque is the third primate to have its genome described. ... The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) ranges widely across Asia. ...

Rhesus macaque moms 'go gaga' for baby, too  -  Oct 8, 2009
Biology News Net - Biology News Net (press release)The intense exchanges that human mothers share with their newborn infants may have some pretty deep roots, suggests a study of rhesus macaques reported ...

Scientists Unveil Genetic Linkage Map for Rhesus Macaque  -  Feb 10, 2006
newswise.comNewswise — In the effort to find genes that influence human health and disease, scientists often study nonhuman primates, the animals most similar to humans ...

Fla. officials warn of fugitive monkey  -  Jan 14, 2009
UPI.comHe said the monkey, a rhesus macaque, could carry hepatitis and almost ... "There is no one in the area licensed to have a rhesus macaque," he said. ...

Rhesus Macaque  -  Feb 17, 2006
CRIENGLISH.comRhesus macaque lives in a wide range of habitats, and shows a great deal of adaptability. Populations of rhesus macaque are most commonly found in western ...

Iran's rocket launch breaks no zoological barriers. Our top 10 animal...  -  Feb 3, 2010
Christian Science MonitorRhesus Macaque: In 1949, the US sent the first monkey, a Rhesus Macaque, into space. It died during the return landing. Not until 1959 did the first monkeys ...

Chimp genome: Branching out  -  Sep 1, 2005
Nature.comThe rhesus macaque, an Old World monkey, will be the first available — a preliminary assembly of its genome sequence was released into the public databases ...

drug discovery@nature.com  -  Jan 14, 2010
Nature.comThe rhesus macaque, the most widely used primate in biomedical research, had not. ... Given that the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is an important ...

Pitt's Kyle Orwig on Identifying microRNA in the Rhesus Macaque …  -  Jan 17, 2008
genomeweb.comEarlier this month, Kyle Orwig and colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh published a report in BMC Genomics identifying 383 novel microRNA genes in ...

Monkeys behaving badly  -  Dec 22, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk..."A rhesus macaque," writes Maestripieri, "can wake up one morning, ... Rhesus macaque groups seem to be structured and to function according to the same ...

Fiona McCade: Another human-primate link is found: toddler tantrums  -  Mar 17, 2009
ScotsmanA new study of rhesus macaque monkeys has shown that not only do little macaques ... My brat is slower than a rhesus macaque, but he had worked out that a ...

The History of Chromosomes May Shape the Future of Diseases  -  Aug 30, 2005
New York TimesThe common ancestor of humans and the rhesus macaque monkey lived about 25 million years ago. But despite that vast gulf of time, our chromosomes still ...

Monkey mothers 'go gaga' over their babies just like humans | Mail...  -  Oct 12, 2009
Daily MailScientists who studied 14 pairs of rhesus macaque mothers and their infants were surprised by the ... A mother Rhesus Macaque with her cubs in China. ...

No effect of endogenous TRIM5 on HIV-1 production  -  Jan 1, 2006
Nature.comRhesus macaque simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV MAC ) was reported to be ... Additionally, knockdown of endogenous TRIM5 protein in rhesus macaque cells ...

Monkeying Around With The Rhesus Macaque Genome  -  Apr 17, 2007
Medical News Today - Medical News Today (press release)Since the 2001 launch of the Human Genome Project, which released a first draft of the entire sequence of human DNA, many researchers have dedicated ...

GM monkeys given incurable brain disease  -  May 19, 2008
Telegraph.co.ukIn all, the Yerkes team engineered five rhesus macaque monkeys to develop the disease. The brains of one set of twins, who died a day after birth, ...

Make way for monkeys  -  Apr 19, 2007
Nature.comAnd because the rhesus macaque is the main monkey model for many diseases, understanding its genome could help to clarify why some diseases develop, ...

Developmental biology: Asexual healing  -  Sep 17, 2009
Nature.comWorking with rhesus macaque monkeys (Macaca mulatta), the authors 2 reconstructed mature oocytes containing the nuclear genome from one oocyte and the ...

… Successful for Treatment of SARS Respiratory Virus in Rhesus...  -  Sep 12, 2005
RedOrbit...and subsequently in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) SARS disease model, using a clinically viable delivery formulation by intranasal administration. ...

Genetics & Genomics; Researchers assemble rhesus macaque genome  -  Mar 10, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Drug Week - Factiva, from Dow Jones2006 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- A multi-center team has deposited the draft genome sequence of the rhesus macaque monkey into free public databases for use by ...

Genotyping of Rhesus SCNT pluripotent stem cell lines  -  Feb 21, 2008
Nature.com...a, Profiles of three (MML4S1, MML14S6 and MML3S9) of 54 Rhesus macaque STR markers and ... Rhesus macaque 2 and human 3, 4 chromosomal STR markers and ...

Glowing monkeys 'to aid research'  -  May 27, 2009
BBC NewsIn 2001, a team at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, US, succeeded in creating a rhesus macaque that expressed GFP. ...

Monkey embryo cloning has no immediate human application: …  -  Nov 15, 2007
CBC.caMitalipov's team merged skin cells of a nine-year-old rhesus macaque male with unfertilized monkey eggs that had their DNA removed. ...

Glowing monkeys 'to aid research'  -  May 30, 2009
Tehran TimesIn 2001, a team at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, US, succeeded in creating a rhesus macaque that expressed GFP. ...

Evolutionary Genetics: The human brain – adaptation at many levels  -  Apr 1, 2008
Nature.comIn a departure from previous studies, 3 the authors chose to calculate K a /K s in primates through comparisons of human and rhesus macaque sequence. ...

Immunogenetics; Immunoglobulin KV genes isolated by PCR from …  -  Aug 28, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Medical Devices & Surgical Technology... - Factiva, from Dow JonesThe rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is a relevant nonhuman primate model for ... Keywords: London, England, Immunoglobulin KV Genes, Rhesus Macaque, PCR, ...

Monkeys show Machiavellian intelligence  -  Oct 25, 2007
UPI.comCHICAGO, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A US biologist said he believes rhesus macaque monkeys might owe their survival to the Machiavellian intelligence they share with ...

TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Launches Online Microarray Design …  -  Sep 12, 2006
Free with registration - Business Wire - AccessMyLibrary.comThe rhesus macaque is a widely used primate model to study human disease and ... Because there were no commercial rhesus macaque microarrays until last year ...

Monkey rescued from Bhosari factory  -  Sep 13, 2009
Times of IndiaIt was later confirmed that the monkey is a Rhesus Macaque, an animal protected under Schedule II of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972. ...

HIV/AIDS Vaccines; Reports describe recent advances in HIV/AIDS …  -  Apr 13, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Immunotherapy Weekly - Factiva, from Dow JonesStudy 1: A glycoprotein-deficient rabies virus expressing simian/human immunodeficiency virus envelope protein suppressed SHIV infection in a Rhesus macaque ...

Special Online Collection: The Macaque Genome  -  Apr 13, 2007
Science Magazine - Science Magazine (subscription)...[Note: All articles in the Science rhesus macaque special section, as well as the interactive poster and teaching resource, are free to all site visitors. ...

Public tantrums defeat monkey moms too  -  Nov 11, 2009
Science NewsA crying baby rhesus macaque can drive nearby adults and its mom to aggression. ... Rhesus macaque mothers are about twice as likely to let a howling infant ...

Adult monkey cells reprogrammed  -  Dec 18, 2008
Nature.comAs the rhesus macaque is the most relevant primate model for many human diseases, highly efficient generation of monkey iPS cells will allow researchers to ...

Rescued smuggled monkey in Singapore sent to Indian sanctuary.  -  May 19, 2006
Free with registration - America's Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.comThe fully grown monkey, a brownish female rhesus macaque with a ... The rhesus macaque is not native to Singapore, although the city-state is home to ...

Macaque gene map completed | Article from The Record (Bergen County, …  -  Apr 13, 2007
Pay-Per-View - The Record - HighBeam ResearchThe rhesus macaque is the third primate genome to be completed, work that promises to greatly enhance understanding of primate evolution, perhaps even to ...

RNAi therapeutics: Can siRNAs conquer SARS?  -  Nov 10, 2005
Nature.comRhesus macaque is a good model for studying human SARS-CoV infections. 12 Li et al. 4 adopted this model and used 21 macaques in their study. ...

Plan to breed lab monkeys splits Puerto Rican town  -  Nov 29, 2009
San Diego Union - Tribune - San Diego Union TribuneFILE - In this July 29, 2008 file photo, rhesus macaque monkeys groom one another on Cayo Santiago, known as Monkey Island, off the eastern coast of Puerto ...

Monkeys pick coffee beans  -  May 7, 2008
Canada.comVancouver's 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters have enlisted the aid of some unlikely workers in southern India to help harvest coffee beans -- rhesus macaque ...

Monkey on the loose!  -  Jul 21, 2005
pittsburghlive.comKnown as Buddy, the rhesus macaque monkey is about 3 feet tall and roughly 18 pounds, ... Rhesus macaque monkeys can carry a variety of diseases, ...

… seizes illegally imported Rhesus Macaque Monkey, Debrazza's Monkey  -  Jun 13, 2007
Barre Montpelier Times ArgusWATERBURY — There appears to be some monkey business in Vermont – and that can be a problem. Vermont state game wardens seized two monkeys from an Eden home ...

Serotonin Transporter Gene Tied to Social Anxiety  -  Jan 13, 2009
ForbesRhesus macaque monkeys are the only other primates with the genetic trait. Duke University researchers, in a series of experiments discussed in the Jan. ...

Sperm Cells | Stronger Swimming Sperm | Fertilization | Reproduction ...  -  Oct 28, 2008
OneindiaThe researchers have found that sperm cells from the more promiscuous chimpanzee and rhesus macaque species swim much faster and with much greater force ...

End Notes; Kind of like an iPod, only with splinters  -  Apr 17, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Toronto Star - ProQuest ArchiverIn the late 1950s when mass immunizations were in full swing, Connaught labs had a colony of 3000 Rhesus macaque monkeys swinging in cages at what was then ...

Nepal's First Primate Research Center to Breed Lab Animals  -  Jun 25, 2007
Environment News ServiceThey have initiated a program to breed rhesus macaque monkeys of ... The rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta, is physiologically similar to humans and so is ...

Transgenic primate models inch forward  -  Jun 12, 2008
Nature.comIn contrast, the social and affective components of rhesus macaque behavior are widely studied and more comparable to that of humans. ...

Figure 2 : Major histocompatibility complex genotyping with massively...  -  Oct 11, 2009
Nature.com...(b) Indian rhesus macaque that is homozygous for the B24 haplotype 17 . (c) Chinese rhesus macaque that is homozygous for a previously unknown Mamu-B ...

Animal Models; SIV macaque model may help elucidate antibody …  -  Mar 29, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Life Science Weekly - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 MAR 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- The rhesus macaque model of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) may help researchers better understand the role of antibody ...

… DNA in Old World Monkeys: A Glimpse Through the Rhesus Macaque …  -  Apr 13, 2007
Science Magazine - Science Magazine (subscription)The completion of the draft sequence of the rhesus macaque genome allowed us to study the genomic composition and evolution of transposable elements in this ...

Male chromosome evolves faster than rest of genome  -  Jan 13, 2010
Yahoo! NewsTo test this out, Hughes said she hopes to soon examine the Y chromosomes of a rhesus macaque, which is fairly promiscuous, and the marmoset, which is more ...

Animal Models; SIV macaque model may help elucidate antibody …  -  Apr 2, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- The rhesus macaque model of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) may help researchers better understand the role of antibody ...

Taking a cue from monkeys  -  Apr 23, 2007
Calcutta TelegraphIn the genetic material of rhesus macaque monkeys of Indian origin, ... The rhesus macaque genome is expected to provide fresh insights into differences ...

(FILES) A rhesus macaque stands by a busy road in the New Territories....  -  Nov 14, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam Research...(FILES) A rhesus macaque stands by a busy road in the New Territories... ... find Getty Images articles. PETER PARKS Getty Images 11-14-2007 (FILES) A ...

Macaque Genome Analysis Will Help Find Human Disease Genes  -  Apr 18, 2007
Medical News Today - Medical News Today (press release)The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is physiologically similar to humans and therefore widely used in medical research, particularly in vaccine testing and ...

Dengue Fever; Researchers from the United States and India describe …  -  May 17, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Life Science Weekly - Factiva, from Dow JonesStudy 3: Scientists evaluate dengue type-2 inactivated, recombinant subunit, and live-attenuated vaccine candidates in the rhesus macaque model in a recent ...

Animal Models; SIV macaque model may help elucidate antibody …  -  Mar 28, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Health & Medicine Week - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 MAR 28 - (NewsRx.com) -- The rhesus macaque model of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) may help researchers better understand the role of antibody ...

Baby monkey rescued from Dorset garden  -  Aug 1, 2007
Telegraph.co.ukThe rhesus macaque monkey, or macaca mulatta, gave its name to the rhesus antigens found in their blood in 1940, which has enabled doctors to determine ...

Pie star attacked.(News) | Article from Daily Record (Glasgow,...  -  Aug 28, 2009
Pay-Per-View - Daily Record - HighBeam ResearchResearch Centre in the US removed the ovaries from seven rhesus macaque monkeys, ... Safari Park, near Stirling, were forced to kill 89 rhesus macaque ...

Dengue Fever; Recent studies from France, Brazil and the United...  -  May 10, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Life Science Weekly - Factiva, from Dow JonesStudy 3: Scientists have evaluated dengue type-2 inactivated, recombinant subunit, and live-attenuated vaccine candidates in the rhesus macaque model. ...

HIV/AIDS Transmission; Older macaque infants are more susceptible...  -  Mar 22, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Virus Weekly - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 MAR 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Older rhesus macaque infants are more susceptible to oral infection with simian-human immunodeficiency virus 89.6P than are ...

Monkey moms and babies communicate from the start  -  Jan 7, 2010
Science NewsRhesus macaque mothers and their babies like to get in each others' faces, exchanging looks and smacking their lips. They're neither rude nor hungry. ...

Puerto Rico AIDS Research Pictures from August 1, 2008 | HighBeam …  -  Aug 1, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchA rhesus macaque monkey walks on Cayo Santiago, known as Monkey Island off the ... Semple and his colleagues studied rhesus macaque tantrums by watching ...

Animal rights activists at U. Connecticut determined to end monkey …  -  Jan 30, 2006
Pay-Per-View - University Wire - HighBeam ResearchAccording to Chandna, rhesus macaque monkeys are "known to be quite intelligent and live in very complex social organizations." ...

drug discovery@nature.com  -  Dec 30, 2009
Nature.comThe recently established rhesus macaque SARS model, based on intranasal instillation of a highly virulent SARS strain, mirrors the sequence of pathologies ...

Harvard University; Older macaque infants are more susceptible than …  -  Mar 23, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Biotech Week - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 MAR 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Older rhesus macaque infants are more susceptible to oral infection with simian-human immunodeficiency virus 89.6P than are ...

APTOPIX Puerto Rico AIDS Research Pictures from August 1, 2008 | …  -  Aug 1, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchA group of rhesus macaque monkeys groom one another on Cayo Santiago, ... A rhesus macaque monkey walks on Cayo Santiago, known as Monkey Island off the ...

Sperms Under Competition Swims Much Faster  -  Sep 27, 2007
MedIndiaThe researchers have found that sperm cells from the more promiscuous chimpanzee and rhesus macaque species swim much faster and with much greater force ...

Queen Kong? In rhesus realm, females rule; Machiavellian ways of …  -  Nov 19, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest ArchiverEvery individual rhesus macaque, "male and female, is the equivalent of being armed and dangerous, ready to attack anyone at any time," Maestripieri said. ...

University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Part of …  -  Apr 12, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Ascribe Higher Education News Service - HighBeam ResearchUniversity of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Part of International Consortium Successful in Deciphering Rhesus Macaque Monkey Genome; ...

Therapeutic cloning in primates  -  Nov 21, 2007
PHG FoundationThis enabled them to generate two ES cell lines from the skin cells of a male rhesus macaque, although the authors themselves note that, even with the ...

NHGRI Announces Latest Sequencing Targets :Gibbon Genome …  -  Jul 24, 2006
Medical News Today - Medical News Today (press release)For example, the rhesus macaque is an essential research model for drug development, neuroscience, behavioral biology, reproductive physiology, ...

Police confiscate beloved monkey  -  Feb 24, 2007
UPI.comCrawford was most upset at the loss of Darwin, his 8-year-old rhesus macaque. He had constructed a large indoor-outdoor cage for the monkey and had the ...

Puerto Rico AIDS Research Pictures from August 1, 2008 | HighBeam …  -  Aug 1, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchA rhesus macaque monkey rests his chin on a water pipe on Cayo Santiago, ... Semple and his colleagues studied rhesus macaque tantrums by watching monkeys ...

The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum  -  Feb 6, 2005
Chandigarh TribuneThe commonly found monkey in North India is rhesus macaque. ... Rhesus macaque shows the typical squat thickset build of a macaque. ...

Article: Public tantrums defeat monkey mothers, too: bystanders make ...  -  Apr 11, 2009
Pay-Per-View - Science News - HighBeam ResearchRhesus macaque mothers are about twice as likely to let a howling infant have its ... Semple and his colleagues studied rhesus macaque tantrums by watching ...

HIV/AIDS Transmission; Older macaque infants are more susceptible...  -  Mar 26, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 MAR 26 - (NewsRx.com) -- Older rhesus macaque infants are more susceptible to oral infection with simian-human immunodeficiency virus 89.6P than are ...

Rhesus Monkeys In Nepal May Provide New Alternative For HIV/AIDS …  -  Jun 1, 2006
sciencedaily.comThe rhesus macaque is prevalent in many countries and is not considered an endangered species. An agreement between the Nepal Biodiversity Research Society ...

MY LIFE AMONG STARS OF INDIA  -  Oct 28, 2007
Pay-Per-View - New York Post - ProQuest Archiver...either); langur monkeys, the ones with the black face and white ruff; rhesus macaque monkeys, which are the ones with the red faces; a ton of antelope; ...

Avalon Pharmaceutical, Agendia, Asuragen, FDA, Cepheid, Affymetrix  -  Apr 18, 2007
genomeweb.comResearchers have sequenced the genome of the rhesus macaque, the third primate genome to be sequenced. In findings detailed in a special issue of the ...

Puerto Rico AIDS Research Pictures from August 1, 2008 | HighBeam …  -  Aug 1, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchA group of rhesus macaque monkeys groom one another on Cayo Santiago, ... A rhesus macaque monkey walks on Cayo Santiago, known as Monkey Island off the ...

BGI Says it Has Used the Illumina GA for De Novo Sequencing of Two …  -  Nov 17, 2009
genomeweb.comBGI said in a statement that comparisons of the two macaque genomes with that of the already sequenced Indian rhesus macaque "will provide valuable ...

Latest Sequencing Targets: Gibbon Genome Sequence To Be Added To …  -  Jul 22, 2006
sciencedaily.comFor example, the rhesus macaque is an essential research model for drug development, neuroscience, behavioral biology, reproductive physiology, ...

thestar.com mobile: article  -  Jan 17, 2010
Toronto StarHalf the rhesus macaque monkeys studied were allowed to eat as they pleased, while the other half ate a carefully controlled diet that provided just ...

Puerto Rico AIDS Research Pictures from August 1, 2008 | HighBeam …  -  Aug 1, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchA rhesus macaque monkey pauses while drinking from a water trough on Cayo ... A rhesus macaque monkey walks on Cayo Santiago, known as Monkey Island off the ...

HIV/AIDS Vaccines; Reports describe recent advances in HIV/AIDS …  -  Apr 11, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Proteomics Weekly - Factiva, from Dow JonesStudy 1: A glycoprotein-deficient rabies virus expressing simian/human immunodeficiency virus envelope protein suppressed SHIV infection in a Rhesus macaque ...

After monkey claim, worker fears for job: Plano ISD: He accused pet …  -  Mar 27, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Dallas Morning News - HighBeam ResearchHe was between 25 and 30 years old. The 30-pound long-tailed rhesus macaque landed at the Plano school district's Holifield Science Learning ...

Buffalo News, The : National Geographic features Falls Primate...  -  Sep 22, 2009
$2.95 - Buffalo News - NewsBankMya, an 8-month-old rhesus macaque, came to the sanctuary two months ago. after the state Department of Environmental Conservation took her from a home ...

HIV/AIDS Vaccines; Reports describe recent advances in HIV/AIDS …  -  Apr 16, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week - Factiva, from Dow JonesStudy 1: A glycoprotein-deficient rabies virus expressing simian/human immunodeficiency virus envelope protein suppressed SHIV infection in a Rhesus macaque ...

DNA Sequence Unleashes Potential of Rhesus Genome  -  Apr 9, 2007
newswise.comThe DNA sequence was derived from a female rhesus macaque monkey that was part of the colony at SFBR's Southwest National Primate Research Center, ...

LSU helps in opossum DNA study  -  May 10, 2007
Pay-Per-View - The Advocate - ProQuest ArchiverJust last month, Batzer was part of a high-profile story on the cover of "Science" magazine that sequenced the DNA of the rhesus macaque monkey. ...

Tate Modern: Chris Ofili: The Upper Room  -  Dec 21, 2006
TAXI Design NetworkEach painting shows a rhesus macaque monkey, and each is dominated by a different colour, identified in Spanish on the elephant dung supports. ...

Habitat destruction pushes primates to the edge  -  Jul 3, 2005
Financial ExpressAlmost the entire population of primates — slow loris, pig-tailed macaque, rhesus macaque, stump-tailed macaque, capped langur and hoolock gibbon — have ...

Photo: Monkeys Can Subtract, Study Finds  -  Jan 17, 2010
National GeographicA rhesus macaque presses a touch screen to select its answer to a subtraction problem in a Duke University lab. The dots in the set of three are bigger than ...

Puerto Rico AIDS Research Pictures from August 1, 2008 | HighBeam …  -  Aug 1, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchRhesus macaque monkeys rest on Cayo Santiago, known as Monkey Island off the eastern ... The study was conducted with the rhesus macaque population on Cayo ...

USDA Fines Animal Lab After Monkey Death | Article from AP Online | …  -  Oct 2, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research2004 A Rhesus Macaque monkey moves through grass at the Oregon Health & Science University Oregon National Primate Research Center, in this undated photo. ...

Why would starving monkeys want to live longer?  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
American ChronicleRhesus macaque monkeys like the ones used in the UW experiment have been shown to use tools, count and communicate complex information.

Local news from Hillsboro & Washington County - Oregon Newspaper  -  ‎Jul 12, 2009‎
Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.comPrimate Center Tuesday in celebration of the 36th birthday of Trapper, one of the oldest Rhesus macaque monkeys living in captivity in the world.

Primate veterinarians promote animal welfare, biomedical research  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
American Veterinary Medical Association...including Old World primates like the chimpanzee, baboon, and rhesus macaque—the lion's share of primates used in research—and New World primates,

Monkey eat fewer calories, monkey stay healthy longer  -  ‎Jul 12, 2009‎
Toronto StarHalf the rhesus macaque monkeys studied were allowed to eat as they pleased, while the other half ate a carefully controlled diet that provided just

Jury trial over exotic monkeys gets under way  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
St. Joseph News-PressMrs. Shinkle at one point obtained a rhesus macaque and later a pigtailed macaque for her family, he said. The trial continues at 9 am today before Circuit

IUCN finds no impact  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
The New NationPig-tailed Macaque, Rhesus Macaque, Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel, Hoary-bellied Squirrel and Wild boar among the mammals, and Emerald Dove,

Chimps die from AIDS-like disease after viral infection  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
AFPThe only non-human primate known to be susceptible is a monkey, the Asian rhesus macaque, which is often used as a surrogate for humans in lab tests

The Sequence of Sequencing  -  ‎Jul 29, 2009‎
Ethiopian Review...(See a group of scientists make the case for the rhesus macaque.) An NIH advisory committee then decides which proposals to prioritize by looking at several

Exapation of an ancient Alu short interspersed element provides a ...  -  ‎Jul 16, 2009‎
7thSpace Interactive (press release)Reporter gene studies and induction of the endogenous CAMP gene in Rhesus macaque peripheral blood mononuclear cells demonstrated that the VDREs were

Himalayan park on world heritage site shortlist  -  ‎Jul 15, 2009‎
HinduThe famous mammals in the park are the leopard, the Himalayan black bear, the brown bear, the rhesus macaque and various herbivores like the goral,

Public tantrums defeat monkey moms too  -  ‎Mar 10, 2009‎
Science NewsA crying baby rhesus macaque can drive nearby adults and its mom to aggression. Baby screams. Onlookers glower. Mom gives in — even when she’sa monkey.

Fiona McCade: Another human-primate link is found: toddler tantrums  -  ‎Mar 16, 2009‎
ScotsmanA new study of rhesus macaque monkeys has shown that not only do little macaques understand the power their lungs can wield over their hapless parents,

Scientists to Receive Top International Bioinformatics Awards for 2009  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
OBBeC.comMiller has made important contributions to the analysis of many vertebrate genomes including those of the mouse, chicken and rhesus macaque.

Central funds to revive forest  -  ‎Mar 10, 2009‎
Calcutta TelegraphThe sanctuary abounds in exotic fauna like the Chinese pangolin, flying fox, stump-tailed macaque, Rhesus macaque, capped langur, hoolock gibbon,

Assam will finally know its primate count  -  ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
Calcutta TelegraphRhesus macaque, capped monkey and Assamese macaque are more or less distributed throughout the state. Wildlife expert Anwaruddin Choudhury who is also a

New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus  -  ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
WebMDHaase, Schlievert, and colleagues gave five rhesus macaque monkeys daily GML treatments before putting 200 infectious doses of deadly SIV -- the monkey

新的陰é?“乳膠å?¯é˜»æ­¢AIDS病毒  -  ‎Mar 12, 2009‎
臺灣新浪網Haase醫師與Schlievert等人æ¯?天給5éš»æ?†æ²³çŒ´(rhesus macaque monkeys)使用GML治療,之後在牠們的陰é?“給予200感染劑é‡?的致命SIV –猴å­?çš„HIV,å?¦å¤–4隻使用ä¸?å?«GMLçš„å‡?膠。

Nuevos planes de manejo para islote de Desecheo  -  ‎Mar 6, 2009‎
Primera HoraAdemás el Instituto Nacional de Salud introdujo en el lugar monos Rhesus Macaque para sus investigaciones médicas. De acuerdo a Silander, durante las vistas

Officials warn of fugitive (Photo) Rhesus monkey in Florida  -  Jan 19, 2009
Post Chronicle...by Staff Wildlife officials are warning residents in the Clearwater area to stay away from a wild Rhesus macaque monkey in Florida that is eluding state

Serotonin Transporter Gene Tied to Social Anxiety  -  Jan 14, 2009
Forbes,Rhesus macaque monkeys are the only other primates with the genetic trait. Duke University researchers, in a series of experiments discussed in the Jan.

Feces-Throwing Monkey on the Loose in Tampa Bay  -  Jan 15, 2009
FOXNewsGary Morse with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the adult male is likely a full-grown rhesus macaque, common in Thailand and

The stem cell map of the world  -  Feb 2, 2009
Independent,Primate Research Centre, used the Dolly technique to clone primate embryos from the skin cells of a 10-year-old rhesus macaque monkey called Semos.

Watercooler Stories  -  Jan 15, 2009
MarketWatch (press release)He said the monkey, a rhesus macaque, could carry hepatitis and almost certainly lacks manners. "Monkeys' social behavior can be pretty lewd," Morse said.

Feces-Throwing Monkey On The Loose In Fla.  -  Jan 14, 2009
CBS 2,Read more in our Privacy Policy Feces-Throwing Monkey On The Loose In Fla. A rhesus macaque monkey plays on fence in New Delhi, India, on Sept. 9, 2003.

Monkey business lands in court  -  Jan 21, 2009
Republica,Well known to science owing to its relatively easy upkeep in captivity, the rhesus macaque monkeys are well known to science owing to its relatively easy

Genetic Variation Cues Social Anxiety In Monkeys And Humans  -  Jan 13, 2009
Science Daily (press release)13, 2009) — A genetic variation involving the brain chemical serotonin has been found to shape the social behavior of rhesus macaque monkeys,

Polio Vaccine dangers revealed  -  Jan 19, 2009
Daily Sun,...for first growing poliovirus in tissue culture, he used minced-up rhesus macaque monkey kidneys, which were remarkably efficient poliovirus factories.

Dr Hadwen Trust: EU science committee on primate research ...  -  Jan 21, 2009
Politics.co.uk,Rhesus macaque monkeys are the favoured, but unsuccessful, ‘model’ but these could be replaced with a combined approach - population studies,

לקופי×? חרדתיי×? יש "×?לל קצר"  -  Jan 14, 2009
ynet ידיעות ×?חרונות,...קופי רזוס-מקוק ((Rhesus Macaque, ×”×—×™×™×? במזרח ×?סיה, ל×? מ×?וד דומי×? לבני ×?ד×?. חזותית כמו ×’×? גנטית, ניתן למצו×? מיני×? של קופי×? המהווי×? המחשה מוצלחת יותר ל×?מירה

Genomic plasticity of the immune-related Mhc class IB region of ...  -  Oct 30, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),...divergent MIB and Mamu-B lineages on a given haplotype, as well as variable MIB and B copy numbers and configurations, at least in rhesus macaque.

PETA Calls On St. Louis County to Ban Private Ownership of Exotic ...  -  Nov 12, 2008
PETA (press release),...and numerous dangerous animals have escaped from the facility; two children at a park were bitten by a woman's "pet" rhesus macaque; a lion escaped and

Stem cells from monkey teeth stimulate brain cell growth in mice  -  Nov 17, 2008
Entertainment and Showbiz!,...stem cells from the tooth of a rhesus macaque into the hippocampal areas of mice, and they stimulated growth of new neural cells and formed neurons.

The birds and could-bes  -  Nov 13, 2008
Livemint,When I could see nothing but a huge rhesus macaque, he pointed quietly to the Collared Scops Owl reposing in the perfect camouflage of a dead tree and a

Bandhavgarh: For rich wildlife  -  Nov 9, 2008
IndiaPost.com,One may also encounter rhesus macaque, hyenas, porcupine, Steppe eagle, white-browed fantails, white-bellied grongo, Jerdon’s leaf birds Malabar hornbills,

Gene regulation makes the human  -  Sep 4, 2008
Science NewsBut this activity was much lower with the chimp or rhesus macaque version of the same DNA sequence. The difference could point to the kinds of developmental

Evidence of evolutionary selection found in 544 genes  -  Sep 16, 2008
PhysOrg.com,Previously, the Cornell group compared the genomes of humans, chimpanzees and the Rhesus macaque. By extending the analysis to mice, rats and dogs,

Meaningless genetic code helped form human hands  -  Sep 4, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,The comparison of the human, chimpanzee, rhesus macaque and other genetic codes provided evidence that changes in junk areas of the genome helped to

Opposable Thumbs and Upright Walking Caused By "Junk DNA"  -  Sep 7, 2008
SlashdotQuoting: 'Results from a comparative analysis of the human, chimpanzee, rhesus macaque and other genomes reported in the journal Science suggest our

Potential Mechanisms of the Human Polyomavirus JC in Neural ...  -  Sep 7, 2008
RedOrbit,SV40, the natural host of which is the rhesus macaque, was the first of these viruses to be discovered when it was found to be a contaminant of polio

Full Text  -  Sep 4, 2008
Science Magazine (subscription)...an enhancer of gene expression that has gained a strong limb expression domain relative to the orthologous elements from chimpanzee and rhesus macaque.

Thumbs up -- a tiny ancestral remnant lends developmental edge to ...  -  Sep 4, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),...and postdoctoral fellows describes a global survey they conducted of genomes—human, chimpanzee, rhesus macaque, mouse, rat, and dog.

Sound Improves Visual Perception  -  Aug 13, 2008
Oneindia,...recorded the neuronal responses with microelectrodes inserted directly into the primary visual cortex of a rhesus macaque, which was then required to

Study: Schizophrenia is price of evolution  -  Aug 4, 2008
United Press InternationalChinese Academy of Sciences, examined the brains of humans with and without schizophrenia and compared them with chimpanzee and rhesus macaque brains.

SFGate: Day in Pictures  -  Aug 4, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,Nice day for a pick-a-nit: A rhesus macaque and a baby groom an older rhesus on Cayo Santiago, aka Monkey Island, off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico.

Acetylcholine contributes through muscarinic receptors to ...  -  Jul 16, 2008
Nature.com (subscription),...receptors with single cell recordings in V1 while rhesus macaque monkeys (Macaca mulatta) performed a task that demanded top-down spatial attention.

Research rule compliance an issue at IU  -  Aug 9, 2008
The Herald-Times (subscription),...that a newly constructed laboratory in the optometry building fell far short of minimum standards for rhesus macaque monkeys to be housed there.

Carbon Nanotube-Coated Electrodes Improve Brain Readouts  -  Aug 12, 2008
PhysOrg.com,In two animal samples—the motor cortex of rats under anaesthesia and the visual cortex of awake rhesus macaque monkeys—the group took readouts with a

Human brains pay a price for being big  -  Aug 5, 2008
Hindu,Leipzig and Shanghai who investigated brains from healthy and schizophrenic humans and compared them with chimpanzee and rhesus macaque brains.

George Leslie | A need to examine goals (Point)  -  Aug 7, 2008
Daily Pennsylvanian,Dr. Harlow constructed metal chambers called "pits of despair" where he placed baby rhesus macaque monkeys to see what cold hard solitary confinement would

Study Provides Support for Use of Microbicide Vaginal Gels for ...  -  Jul 25, 2008
Newswise (press release)...the fusion inhibitory peptide T-1249 to protect rhesus macaque monkeys against vaginal transmission of multiple strains of simian/human HIV (SHIV).

Vaginal Gels of Future May Protect Against HIV  -  Jul 28, 2008
HealthNews,The study, funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and Bristol-Meyers Squibb, used vaginal microbicide gels to protect rhesus macaque

When is a gorilla a sperm whale? When he’s Ivan!  -  Jul 18, 2008
TheNewsTribune.com,They found “that sperm cells from the more promiscuous chimpanzee and rhesus macaque species swim much faster and with much greater force than those of

Schizophrenia costly byproduct of brain evolution  -  Aug 4, 2008
IndiaEduNews.net,Leipzig and Shanghai to investigate brains from healthy and schizophrenic humans and compared them with chimpanzee and rhesus macaque brains.

Urban jungle: Our wild residents  -  Apr 18, 2008
Essex Echo,Mr Newby referred to Nobby the Rhesus Macaque monkey, recently sent to Lakeview Monkey Sanctuary in Ascot. Nobby had been living at the rescue centre in

Horses are 'as good as babies at counting'  -  Apr 4, 2008
Hindu,..."The results placed horses on a par with ten-month-old human infants, rhesus macaque monkeys and lemurs. (However) an obvious question is whether they're

UW may have to pay back some monkey-study funds  -  Mar 30, 2008
Seattle Times,Primate A01136, a rhesus macaque, for example, died after eight surgeries, including one that removed a section of its cranial bone and installed a

Horses are able to count, say researchers  -  Apr 4, 2008
Horsetalk,The results placed horses on a par with 10-month-old human infants, rhesus macaque monkeys and lemurs. Dr Claudia Uller and Jennifer Lewis used 57 untrained

Full Text  -  Apr 3, 2008
Science Magazine (subscription)Participants agreed that the rhesus macaque system now used to test potential vaccines isn't working well. They would like to create more simian strains of

Round-up of British Psychological Society annual conference  -  Apr 3, 2008
Times Online,Their behaviour mirrored that seen in similar experiments involving human babies and wild rhesus macaque monkeys. The research was conducted by Claudia

Kylie En İyi Kadın Åžarkıcı Seçildi  -  22 Feb 2008
Güncel Haber,Macaques, especially the Rhesus Macaque, and African green monkeys are widely used in animal testing facilities. This is primarily because of their relative

Aerosol vaccines ‘ready for clinical trials’  -  22 Feb 2008
Thaindian.com,Rhesus macaque monkeys were administered vaccines delivered through a nebuliser, a device that turns liquid medication into vapour and face mask.

Monkeys can recognise who is talking  -  Feb 11, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,Scientists at the Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, have found a "voice" area in the brain of rhesus macaque monkeys.

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Using Emtricitabine and Tenofovir May ...  -  Feb 16, 2008
Medi News Direct,...by repeatedly exposing rhesus macaque models to Simian/Human Immunodeficiency Virus (SHIV) rectally to simulate sexual transmission of HIV in humans.

Rats in the ranks  -  Feb 6, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,...out their crucial genetic tests on stem cells from the cloned embryos, which had been made using skin cells from a male rhesus macaque called Semos.

Gains seen in HIV prevention  -  Feb 4, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,As with the agency's previous studies, this one found that rhesus macaque monkeys were mostly shielded from getting a monkey version of HIV when given the

US admits killing 9 Iraqis by mistake  -  Feb 8, 2008
University of Evansville Crescent online,The study found rhesus macaque monkeys were mostly shielded from getting a monkey version of HIV when given the drugs on a daily basis.

Animal torture: Another shameful UW insitution  -  Feb 6, 2008
UW Badger Herald,UW came under scrutiny again in the 1970s, when the same Harlow began inducing depression in rhesus macaque monkeys by placing them in small vertical

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