Comparative Medicine

News and Announcements

2008  |  2007  |  2006

Yerkes Researchers Develop First Transgenic Nonhuman Primate Model Of Huntington’s Disease
May 18 • Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Researchers Develop First Transgenic Monkey Model of Huntington’s Disease
May 18 • National Center for Research Resources and and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NCRR Support: Yerkes NPRC

Monkey Studies Important for Brain Science
May 14 • University of California, Davis
NCRR Support: California National Primate Research Center

Yerkes Researchers Find First Conclusive Evidence Of Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Tangles In Nonhuman Primates
May 14 • Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Yerkes Researchers Find Link Between Psychological Stress and Overeating
May 13 • Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center

NCRR Reviewing Operating Procedures at Chimpanzee Facility in Bastrop, TX
April 4 • National Center for Research Resources

Yerkes Researchers Identify Language Feature Unique to Human Brain
March 24 • Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes NPRC

Brain Area Critical for Chimpanzee Communication Corresponds to Similar Area in Human Brain
February 28 • Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Autism teams target antibodies, fetal brain cells
February 15 • University of California, Davis
NCRR Support: California National Primate Research Center

Violence Against Researchers Using Animals
February 08 • National Institutes of Health
A Statement from the NIH Director, Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.