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Primates in the News
Medicine
- Chembio Edges Closer to Entering the $50 Million Veterinary TB Market (Business Wire, March 21, 2006)
- Science: monkeys were the first doctors (Telegraph, April 1, 2008)
- AIDS Vaccine Nearing Reality at Emory (WXIA-TV, Atlanta, Georgia, March 8, 2007)
- Alnylam Presents First Ever Non-Human Primate Data with an RNAi Therapeutic Targeting PCSK9 Showing Significant and Durable Reductions in LDL Cholesterol Levels (Business Wire, October 8, 2007)
- AVI BioPharma Reports Favorable Safety and Pharmacokinetic Data From Its Clinical Trial Targeting Hepatitis C Virus; NEUGENE Antisense Compound Was Well-Tolerated and Exhibited Favorable Pharmacokinetic Parameters (Business Wire, January 10, 2006)
- Baboons help in fight against osteoporosis (KVUE, Austin, Texas, September 29, 2005)
- Birmingham Zoo Gorilla 'Babec' Receives Landmark Device to Treat Cardiac Disease (U.S. Newswire, September 28, 2004)
- Book says monkey virus contaminated polio vaccine (Associated Press, May 31, 2004)
- Cancer Warning Suggested for Eczema Creams (WebMD, February 16, 2005)
- Chimps Eat Dirt, Leaves to Fend Off Malaria (National Geographic News, February 19, 2008)
- Chimps may lead us to new drugs (Independent Online, December 20, 2007)
- Cleveland BioLabs Achieves Recovery From Neutropenia and Thrombocytopenia in Primates 48 Hours Post-Irradiation With Protectan CBLB502 (CNNMoney, December 4, 2007)
- Crucell and NIH VRC Announce Start of Ebola Vaccine Clinical Trial (WebWire, September 26, 2006)
- Defense peptide found in primates may block some human HIV transmissions (EurekAlert, August 9, 2006)
- Diet high in soy does not increase the risk of uterine cancer in postmenopausal women (News-Medical.net, November 3, 2005)
- DM bonobo receives world's first hernia surgery (Des Moines Register, July 7, 2006)
- Doctors plan first womb transplant (The Australian, November 10, 2006)
- Drug protects mice, monkeys from radiation damage (Reuters, April 10, 2008)
- Dynavax's Universal Flu Vaccine Improves Response of Standard Flu Vaccines (PR Newswire, October 19, 2006)
- FDA request delays Novartis drug release (Newhouse News Service, February 27, 2007)
- Gene therapy appears to relieve Parkinson's symptoms (USA Today, December 19, 2005)
- Gene therapy might slow Alzheimer's (Tacoma News Tribune, May 2, 2006)
- Gorilla Babec back on exhibit at zoo after pacemaker, R&R (Birmingham News, October 21, 2004)
- Gorilla Staple Adds Spice to New Drugs (Washington Post, November 27, 2006)
- Heart monitors (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, January 13, 2006)
- Hepatitis C is first target for new therapy (New Scientist, March 26, 2008)
- Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Presents Additional Positive Data from Its Bone Marrow Protection Program; Results Presented at American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting (BusinessWire, June 7, 2004)
- Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Presents Data Demonstrating Potential Therapeutic Benefits of Second-Generation Drug Candidates (PharmaLive, September 12, 2006)
- Idenix Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on Hepatitis C Pipeline at JP Morgan Healthcare Conference (Reuters, January 7, 2008)
- Improved gene therapy method for hereditary heart conditions (RxPG News, July 31, 2006)
- Inovio Biomedical DNA Delivery Technology Presented by Wyeth Researcher at Vaccine Conference (PharmaLive.com, February 16, 2007)
- Investigational drug LEA29Y may provide new option for preventing transplant organ rejection (Medical News Today, May 18, 2004)
- Investigational Transplant Drug Effectively Preserves Kidneys While Avoiding Toxic Side Effects (ScienceDaily, March 7, 2005)
- Key data 'missing' in drug trial (BBC News, October 13, 2006)
- Legal highs on the rise (New Scientist, September 29, 2006)
- Many See Hope in Parkinson's Drug Pulled From Testing (Spartanburg Herald-Journal, November 26, 2004)
- Medical heroics not just for humans (San Francisco Chronicle, May 17, 2004)
- Monkey handling latest in blood donor curbs (Irish Medical News, February 16, 2007)
- Mymetics Announces Encouraging Preclinical Results of the Company's HIV Vaccine Candidate in Non-Human Primates (Pipeline Review, June 21, 2006)
- Mymetics' HIV vaccine up for primate test (UPI, March 10, 2006)
- Nano AIDS shield given a boost (ABC Science Online, Australia, September 30, 2004)
- New Antimalarial Compound Identified Through Self-Medicative Behavior of Wild Chimps (Medical News Today, August 18, 2004)
- New kind of gene "silencing" drug works in monkeys (Reuters, March 26, 2008)
- New path for diabetes (USA Today, August 6, 2006)
- Novel respiratory antibiotic Cethromycin, shown to be effective against Anthrax (News-Medical.net, May 6, 2007)
- Occult hepatitis B in dialysis patients (EurekAlert, November 5, 2004)
- Pill May Stop Transplant Rejection (CBS News, October 30, 2003)
- Pioneering eye op for monkey (BBC, June 23, 2003)
- Polio: How an Ancient Disease Met a Modern Prevention (Voice of America, April 26, 2005)
- Possible Treatment For Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (WTAE-TV, December 2, 2002)
- Primate health insurance (The Age, Australia, December 15, 2003)
- QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase I Trial for Treatment to Reduce Both LDL Cholesterol and Lipoprotein (A) (PR Newswire, September 28, 2006)
- Reducing need for immune suppression for organ transplantation (Medical News Today, June 10, 2005)
- RNAi blasts excess cholesterol in monkeys (SciScoop, April 3, 2006)
- Stanford Docs Answer 'Call Of The Mild' For Koko The Gorilla (ScienceDaily, August 12, 2004)
- Study explores gene transfer to modify underlying course of Alzheimer's disease (Medical News Today, September 22, 2004)
- Study gives new insight into preeclampsia (UPI, March 22, 2007)
- Study: New drug treatment class possible (UPI, March 28, 2006)
- Surgery on endangered monkey successful in Vietnam (Monsters and Critics, August 22, 2006)
- UF scientists test improved gene therapy method for hereditary heart conditions (EurekAlert, July 28, 2006)
- Uganda chimps at forefront of pharmaceutical research (AFP, December 21, 2007)
- Vaccine scandal revives cancer fear (New Scientist, July 7, 2004)
- World-first orangutan surgery (Daily Telegraph, May 16, 2007)
- Worrying about bad health may be what causes it (China View, January 16, 2008)
- Zoo studies bonobos for heart disease (St. Paul Pioneer Press, January 15, 2005)
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