California National Primate Research Center Content

Exploring Early Stage Alzheimer’s Disease

Andy Fell — June 24, 2024 - 12:30pm

Research in nonhuman primates is opening the possibility of testing treatments for the early stages of Alzheimer’s and similar diseases, before extensive brain cell death and dementia set in. A study published June 21 in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association shows up to a six-month window in which disease progress could be tracked and treatments tested in rhesus macaques.

ORG CHART: Viticulture and Enology, CNPRC

Cody Kitaura — February 27, 2024 - 10:08am

Two new areas on campus have new leaders, one interim and the other permanent. Find out more in this week’s Org Chart column.

'Life of a Neuron' at White House Demo Day

Andy Fell — November 17, 2023 - 3:33pm

Professor John Morrison, director of the California National Primate Research Center at �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis, presented the multimedia 'Life of a Neuron' exhibit at the American Possibilities: A White House Demo Day Nov. 7. The invitation-only event highlighted 40 American innovations in science and technology supported by federal funding.

Zika Infection in Pregnant Macaques Slows Fetal Growth

Andy Fell — October 25, 2023 - 11:00am

Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques slows fetal growth and affects how infants and mothers interact in the first month of life, according to a new study from researchers at the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis. The work, published Oct. 25 in Science Translational Medicine, has implications for both humans exposed to Zika virus and for other viruses that can cross the placenta, including SARS-CoV2, responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

$3.5 Million Grant to Study Disease Causing Vision Loss in Children

Andy Fell — February 23, 2023 - 11:16am

Autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA) is a rare genetic disease that causes progressive and irreversible vision loss in both eyes starting in the first decade of life. There is currently no treatment for ADOA, which affects approximately 3 people per 100,000 worldwide.

�°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis researchers will use a new 3.5 million grant from the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop a nonhuman primate model of ADOA to speed the development and testing of treatments for humans.

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Offers Long-Term Protection Against Severe Disease

Andy Fell — December 01, 2022 - 11:45am

Two-dose vaccines provide protection against lung disease in rhesus macaques one year after they were vaccinated as infants, a new study shows. The work, published in Science Translational Medicine Dec.

COVID-19 Virus Infects Neurons, Induces Inflammation in the Brains of Rhesus Macaques

Andy Fell — October 13, 2022 - 11:00am

SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus, caused significant neuron damage and inflammation within a week of infection in rhesus macaque monkeys, according to a new study. The researchers from the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis, also discovered that aged monkeys with Type 2 diabetes experienced worse virus-induced neurological damage. The findings, published in Cell Reports Oct.

Antibiotic Exposure During Infancy Remodels Immune Response to Respiratory Pathogens

Andy Fell — June 21, 2022 - 11:46am

Human infants are commonly exposed to and treated with antibiotics during the birthing process. However, new research in nonhuman primates may change the way doctors approach antibiotic treatment.

Rhesus Monkeys Can Perceive Their Own Heartbeat

Andy Fell — April 11, 2022 - 12:00pm

Rhesus macaques are able to perceive their own heartbeats, according to a new study from the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis, and Royal Holloway, University of London. The research, published April 11 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, creates a first-of-its-kind animal model of interoception.

�°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis Wins Lawsuit Protecting Academic Freedom and Scientific Process

Andy Fell — April 11, 2022 - 10:00am

�°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis has prevailed in a civil lawsuit brought by activists under the California Public Records Act. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, had filed the suit in January 2019, seeking access to unpublished research data, in the form of video recordings, from work by two researchers at the California National Primate Research Center.