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Feb 14, 2017
The test used to see if animals are self-aware might not actually work
The famed mirror test might not be as useful as we thought
Jun 28, 2016
New Zika Study Results Could Help Design A Vaccine
The study on monkeys showed how long the virus lasts, and that it inoculates against future infections
Mar 10, 2015
Body Scan Finds Secret Hiding Spots Of HIV-Like Virus In Monkeys
It could lead to better HIV treatment in humans
Mar 19, 2012
Too Much Monkey Business Leads to Monkey Vasectomies
A rhesus macaque awaits a vasectomy at a wildlife rescue facility in Himachal Pradesh, India. The state’s estimated 319,000 monkeys...
Feb 05, 2012
To Compare Human and Monkey Brains, Humans and Monkeys Watch a Clint Eastwood Film
Scores of animals exist in scientific laboratories for the purpose of serving as our proxies, their cortices mapped and their...
Jan 06, 2012
Monkey Embryo Mashup Results In First Primate Chimeras
Scientists have produced the world’s first chimeric monkeys, developed from stem cells harvested from separate embryos. They contain genetic material...
