Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Publishing in Cell Genomics, researchers have identified a genetic ...

Out of the many challenges scientists face in bringing genomic medicine to patients, delivery is near the top of the list ... of skeletal muscle in non-human primates with NanoCas, an ultracompact ...

This table has been expanded in this report to include most of the succulent and live feedstuffs that are used as supplements in numerous captive nonhuman primate colonies. This list is very ...

More information: Masataka Nakaya et al, Non-viral generation of transgenic non-human primates via the piggyBac transposon system, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57365-w ...

A worsening shortage of non-human primates and an inadequate government response threatens to undermine biomedical research in the U.S. and hamper the ability to respond to public health ...

University of Wisconsin researchers and collaborators recently published a feasibility study that focuses on limiting fetal growth restriction in nonhuman primates through nanoparticle injections of ...

A massive suite of papers offers a high-res view of the human and non-human primate brain. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech newsletter.

Human wounds take almost three times as long to heal as the injuries of other mammals, including chimpanzees, which are among our closest living relatives. It isn’t clear why, but it may be an ...