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Bio & Medicine Apr 3, 2024

Must mRNA be cloaked in a lipid coat to serve as a vaccine?

The Uchida Laboratory of Innovation Center of NanoMedicine has demonstrated that intradermal administration of mRNA alone (naked mRNA) without protection by nanoparticles induced robust vaccination against SARS CoV-2, a virus ...

Plants & Animals Mar 27, 2024

Research uncovers the neural pathways for primate reciprocity, social support, and empathy

Social interaction is key to survival and reproductive success in primates, including humans. Optimizing outcomes from these encounters requires a calculated approach to cooperation and competition—knowing whom to trust, ...

Other Mar 18, 2024

Acclaimed primatologist Frans de Waal dies at 75: Emory

Primatologist Frans de Waal, whose study of chimpanzees and apes helped reveal the reconciliatory and empathic nature of primates—including humans—has died at age 75, said the university where he worked for decades.

Plants & Animals Mar 14, 2024

Field studies confirm social network shrinking for aging monkeys

As people get older, they increasingly focus on their more important relationships, often turning to family and close friends. This active reorientation towards a few, particularly close relationships could explain why aging ...

Plants & Animals Mar 8, 2024

Primatologist observes how monkeys change behavior to survive deforestation

Deep within the forest, monkeys can be very social creatures: they play, fight, vocalize, and even groom one another within their social groups. But as University of Toronto Mississauga primatologist Laura Bolt and her colleagues ...

Plants & Animals Mar 6, 2024

Early life adversity leaves long-term signatures in baboon DNA

Early experiences in an animal's life can have a significant impact on its capacity to thrive, even years or decades later, and DNA methylation may help record their effects.

Evolution Feb 28, 2024

Change in gene code may explain how human ancestors lost tails

A genetic change in our ancient ancestors may partly explain why humans don't have tails like monkeys, finds a new study led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Ecology Feb 22, 2024

U.S. safety protocols stopped TB in imported lab monkeys from spreading to humans

Rigorous safety protocols prevented an outbreak of tuberculosis last year in lab monkeys imported to the United States from spreading to humans, a new report shows.

Plants & Animals Feb 20, 2024

Physically impaired primates find ways to modify their behaviors to compensate for disabilities, find researchers

Primates show a remarkable ability to modify their behaviors to accommodate their physical disabilities and impairments according to a new literature review by Concordia researchers.

Paleontology & Fossils Feb 5, 2024

Our ancient primate ancestors had an appetite for soft fruits—and their diet shaped human evolution

The diet of early anthropoids—the ancestors of apes and monkeys—has long been debated. Did these early primates display behaviors and diets similar to modern species, or did they have much humbler beginnings?

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