Immunodeficient mice, like this one, need specialized care to ensure their health is not compromised. They are important for several research areas…
Monkeys like this one are provided with fresh water and a variety of foods to ensure optimal health. Their housing areas are…
A family of research monkeys enjoy some Halloween pumpkins. Seasonal fruits and vegetables are provided both as nutrition and as enrichment. The…
This Japanese shrew is helping to treat Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID). He eats a special diet that was also fed to his…
Pigs are smart, social animals that like to nibble and root. Balls and puzzle toys are provided to engage them in rooting…
Infants to geriatric animals live with their extended family groups at the California National Primate Research Center. This allows them to exhibit…
Texas Biomed’s Southwest National Primate Research Center most recently invested $2.5 million to renovate a 12,000-square-foot building to be dedicated exclusively for…
Minipigs needed for research are fed on the floor so that they can root and forage for their feed using their snout. …
The colony of rhesus macaques at the California National Primate Research Center consists of infants to adults. Their average life span in…
The California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) is home to the nation’s only active breeding colony of South American titi monkeys (Callicebus…
These rabbits are housed in social groups (four members per run). Research facilities strive to house animals in areas which allow them…
Clip provided by Americans for Medical Progress. Original briefing by The White House March 26, 2020
It's worse.
Researchers are turning to nontraditional approaches to create vaccines and therapeutics
Findings represent progress toward an HIV cure.
“It’s very exciting to see this trial starting so quickly and we hope it’s successful,”
"Inhibitory neurons are critically involved in many aspects of memory, and they are extremely vulnerable to dying after a brain injury,"
“It’s an intriguing idea that as people get older our neurons may actually become more active and that simple inhibition of this activity might be sufficient to lengthen lifespan,”
“You don’t really know fear until your kids get sick and you think something’s terribly wrong,”