[ad_1] Analysis of ancient DNA of a mysterious extinct monkey named Xenothrix – which displays bizarre body characteristics very different to any living monkey – has revealed that it was in fact …
Read More »More primates are being used for US lab research than ever before – Quartz
[ad_1] In 2015, there were 767,622 animals used for medical experiments in the US, the lowest level since the United States Department of Agriculture began keeping records in the early 1970s. That …
Read More »Stem cells renew cardiac function in primates with heart failure
[ad_1] Researchers at the University of Washington, Seattle, used cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESC-hc) to restore heart function in macaques with heart failure. The researchers hope that their realization …
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