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Non-Human Primates Content for UC DavisenMonkeys' Stone Tool Use Gives Insight into Archaeology
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<p>UC Davis anthropologists are studying the stone age of capuchin monkeys living on tropical islands off Panama. This 'primate archaeology' is a new approach to archaeology which could give insight into how our own ancestors started using stone tools. </p>April 19, 2024 - 12:58pmAndy Fell/blog/monkeys-stone-tool-use-gives-insight-archaeologyZika Infection in Pregnant Macaques Slows Fetal Growth
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<p><span><span><span>Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques slows fetal growth and affects how infants and mothers interact in the first month of life, according to a new study from researchers at the 榴莲视频 National Primate Research Center at the 榴莲视频, Davis. The work, published Oct. 25 in Science Translational Medicine, has implications for both humans exposed to Zika virus and for other viruses that can cross the placenta, including SARS-CoV2, responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. </span></span></span></p>October 25, 2023 - 11:00amAndy Fell/health/news/zika-infection-pregnant-macaques-slows-fetal-growthReport on Heat-Related Primate Death Sent to Regulators
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<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The 榴莲视频, Davis, is submitting an external reviewer鈥檚 report to federal regulators following the heat-related death of a rhesus macaque after being transported in a university van. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>September 15, 2023 - 9:30amAndy Fell/news/report-heat-related-primate-death-sent-regulatorsCOVID-19 Virus Infects Neurons, Induces Inflammation in the Brains of Rhesus Macaques
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<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN"><span><span><span>SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus, caused significant neuron damage and inflammation within a week of infection in rhesus macaque monkeys, according to a new study. The researchers from the 榴莲视频 National Primate Research Center at the 榴莲视频, Davis, also discovered that aged monkeys with Type 2 diabetes experienced worse virus-induced neurological damage. The findings, published in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111573">Cell Reports</a> Oct.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>October 13, 2022 - 11:00amAndy Fell/health/news/covid-19-virus-infects-neurons-induces-inflammation-brains-rhesus-macaquesNo Time to Nap in Nature
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<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The first study ever to examine sleeping behavior in a wild group of primates has challenged a central tenet of sleep science: that we must make up for lost sleep. </span><span>Even after sleeping poorly</span><span>, wild baboons still spent time on other priorities, such as socializing with group-mates or looking out for predators, rather than catching up on lost sleep.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>March 02, 2022 - 9:15amAndy Fell/curiosity/news/no-time-nap-natureRhesus Macaques Develop Promising Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2
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<p>In a promising result for the success of vaccines against COVID-19, rhesus macaque monkeys infected with the human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 developed protective immune responses that might be reproduced with a vaccine. The work was carried out at the 榴莲视频 National Primate Research Center at the 榴莲视频, Davis, and is published Jan. 22 in the journal Nature Communications.</p>January 22, 2021 - 7:45amAndy Fell/news/rhesus-macaques-develop-promising-immune-response-sars-cov-2UC Davis Researchers Race to Develop Coronavirus Solutions
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<p>Clinical pathologists, infectious disease physicians and scientists at the UC Davis Medical Center, <a href="https://health.ucdavis.edu/medschool/">School of Medicine</a>, <a href="https://cnprc.ucdavis.edu">榴莲视频 National Primate Research Center</a> and <a href="https://ciid.ucdavis.edu">Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases</a> are collaborating on new reagents, diagnostic tests and a vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus.</p>March 19, 2020 - 2:20pmAndy Fell/coronavirus/news/uc-davis-researchers-working-coronavirus-tests-animal-modelZika Vaccine Protects Fetus in Pregnant Monkeys
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<p>An experimental vaccine against the Zika virus reduced the amount of virus in pregnant rhesus macaques and improved fetal outcomes. The work could help support development and approval of the experimental Zika DNA vaccine VRC5283, which is currently in early stage trials in humans. The results are published Dec. 18 in <em><a href="https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/11/523/eaay2736">Science Translational Medicine</a></em>. </p>December 18, 2019 - 11:00amAndy Fell/news/zika-vaccine-protects-fetus-pregnant-monkeysBrain Molecule Identified as Key in Anxiety Model
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<p>Boosting a single molecule in the brain can change 鈥渄ispositional anxiety,鈥� the tendency to perceive many situations as threatening, in nonhuman primates, researchers from the 榴莲视频, Davis, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found. The molecule, neurotrophin-3, stimulates neurons to grow and make new connections. </p>August 14, 2019 - 11:36amAndy Fell/news/brain-molecule-identified-key-anxiety-modelVasopressin a Possible Biomarker for Social Deficits in Autism
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<p>One of the characteristics of children with autism spectrum disorder is reduced social ability. It鈥檚 difficult to study the possible causes of social impairment in children, but a new study shows that rhesus macaques with low sociability also had low levels of the peptide vasopressin in cerebrospinal fluid, as did children with autism spectrum disorder. </p>May 02, 2018 - 11:52amAndy Fell/news/vasopressin-possible-biomarker-social-deficits-autism