New research indicates that a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), cloned using somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), has successfully survived for over two years. The cloning of rhesus monkeys may ...

A team of researchers has reported for the first time the live birth of a monkey that contains a high proportion of cells derived from a monkey stem cell line. This 'chimeric' monkey is composed of ...

Non-human primates (NHPs) have a high degree of similarity to humans compared to other animal models. These similarities manifest at the genetic, physiological, socio-behavioral, and central nervous ...

Scientists in China have just grown a fluorescent green monkey using stem cells in a world first. Although this has been observed in other animals, such as rats and mice before, so far it has not been ...

The early days of how an embryo develops are shrouded in mystery, because it pulls a kind of vanishing act. Once a sperm finds an egg, it begins a roughly weeklong journey to the uterus, becoming a ...

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Scientists have created an embryo-like structure using monkey embryonic stem cells for the first time, part of an effort to better understand early human development and organ formation. The ...

The early beginnings of an embryo as it transforms from a clump of cells to a tiny human is a bit of a mystery — scientifically speaking. We know many of the broad strokes, but there are a lot of ...

An image of stem cells on a computer screen from 2010. Stem cells have the potential to develop into various types of cells. Spencer Platt via Getty Images For the first time, scientists have used ...

The results of a UA study may be the stepping stone to furthering research regarding the interworkings of human social interaction. Researchers have discovered new cells in the amygdala, a part of the ...