Monkey News

Posted August 11, 2011:

• Engineers Redefine How the Brain Plans Movement

Posted August 10, 2011:

• Think Fast: The Neural Circuitry of Reaction Time

Posted August 1, 2011:

• Monkey See, Monkey Do? The Role of Mirror Neurons in Human Behavior

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Aging Brains Are Different in Humans and Chimpanzees; Evolution of Human Longevity Led to Both a Large Brain and Brain Shrinkage

Posted July 22, 2011:

• The Origin of Malaria: The Hunt Continues

Posted July 21, 2011:

• Whole Sequence Variation Map Reveals Insight Into Evolutionary Studies of Rhesus Macaque

Posted July 14, 2011:

• Your Brain on Androids
• First Adenovirus to Jump Between Monkeys and Humans Confirmed
• High Social Rank Comes at a Price, Wild Baboon Study Finds

Posted July 5, 2011:

• Rhesus Monkeys Appear to Have a Form of Self-Awareness Not Previously Attributed to Them, Research Suggests

Posted July 1, 2011:

• Solving the Puzzle of Cognitive Problems Caused by HIV Infection

Posted June 30, 2011:

• Tracking Down BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Posted June 28, 2011:

• A Happy Life Is a Long One for Orangutans
• Multiple Sclerosis-Like Disease Discovered in Monkeys

Posted June 27, 2011:

• SIV-Resistant Monkeys Close the Gates to Viral Infection

Posted June 22, 2011:

• Components of Speech Recognition Pathway in Humans Identified
• Next Generation Gene Therapy

Posted June 20, 2011:

• One Skull + Two Brains = Four Objects in Mind

Posted June 13, 2011:

• Dengue Virus Circulating Between Monkeys and Mosquitoes Could Emerge to Cause Human Outbreaks
• Undernourishment in Pregnant, Lactating Females Found Key to Next Generation's Disease

Posted June 8, 2011:

• Competition Between Females Leads to Infanticide in Some Primates
• Stop on Red: The Effects of Color May Lie Deep in Evolution

Posted June 7, 2011:

• Fetal Exposure to BPA Changes Development of Uterus in Primates, Study Suggests

Posted June 6, 2011:

• Scientists Unlock Potential of Frog Skin to Treat Cancer
• Deciding to Stay or Go Is a Deep-Seated Brain Function, Monkey-Watching Researchers Find
• New Neurons Take Six Months or More to Mature in Non-Human Primate Brain, Study Finds

Posted June 2, 2011:

• How High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Stillbirth

Posted May 25, 2011:

• Monkeys Can Play Monday Morning Quarterback, Too

Posted May 23, 2011:

• Discovery of Canine Hepatitis C Virus Opens Up New Doors for Research on Deadly Human Pathogen

Posted May 16, 2011:

• Anthropologist Discovers New Fossil Primate Species in West Texas
• Applying Neuroscience to Robot Vision

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Monkey Studies Reveal Promising Vaccine Approach for HIV

Posted May 5, 2011:

• Antibodies Help Protect Monkeys from HIV-Like Virus, Scientists Show

Posted April 28, 2011:

• Our Own Status Affects the Way Our Brains Respond to Others
• Monkeys, Too, Can Recollect What They've Seen, Study Suggests

Posted April 20, 2011:

• How TRIM5 Fights HIV: Scientists Discover Mechanism of Protein That Makes Certain Monkeys Resistant

Posted April 7, 2011:

• Monkeys Provide Malaria Reservoir for Human Disease in Southeast Asia
• Ovarian Cancer Finding May Be a 'Win-Win' for at-Risk Women Who Wish to Have a Family

Posted April 5, 2011:

• Face Time With a Female Aids Males Bent on Monkey Business

Posted March 31, 2011:

• Promising Target for AIDS Vaccine

Posted March 30, 2011:

• Proboscis Monkeys Regurgitating Their Food, Like Cows

Posted March 17, 2011:

• Human Prejudice Has Ancient Evolutionary Roots

Posted March 10, 2011:

• Aging Rates, Gender Gap in Mortality Similar Across All Primates

Posted March 3, 2011:

• Feet First? Old Mitochondria Might Be Responsible for Neuropathy in the Extremities

Posted February 23, 2011:

• Virus-Mimicking Nanoparticles Can Stimulate Long-Lasting Immunity
• New Vaccine Technology Protects Mice from Hepatitis C Virus

Posted February 22, 2011:

• Protective Strategy Shields Primate Ovaries from Radiation-Therapy-Induced Damage

Posted February 18, 2011:

• Mind Over Matter: EECoG May Finally Allow Enduring Control of a Prosthetic or a Paralyzed Arm by Thought Alone

Posted February 17, 2011:

• Controlling a Computer With Thoughts?

Posted February 10, 2011:

• Circulating Blood Antibodies Are Not Required for HIV Protection, Study Suggests

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