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    National Primate Research Center Develops New, Safer Method For Making Vaccines

    While vaccines are perhaps medicine's most important success story, there is always room for improvement. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) appear to have done just that. As explained in a newly published research paper, Mark...
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    Tracking The Birth Of An Evolutionary Arms Race Between HIV-Like Viruses And Primate

    Using a combination of evolutionary biology and virology, scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have traced the birth of the ability of some HIV-related viruses to defeat a newly discovered cellular-defense system in primates. The research, led by Michael Emerman, Ph.D., a member...
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    New Primate Fossil Informs Us of the Ape-Monkey Split During the Oligocene

    The newly reported Saadanius hijazensis may or may not be a "missing link" but in order for this monkey to climb onto the primate family tree, a new branch had to be sprouted. So, not only is Saadanius hijazensis a new species, but it is a member of a new taxonomic Family, Saadaniidae, which in...
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    Happy Blogoversary Primate Diaries!

    One year ago today, EMJ started PD. And, that blog has proven a valuable contribution to scienceblog.com. Read the comments on this post... More...
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    Ida the Fossil Primate

    <div id="more"> You probably know that there is a new primate fossil, nicknamed "Ida," and that there is quite a buzz about it. (Well, you certainly do know by now because this is a repost!) Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... More...
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    MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2003)

    Name: MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2003) Category: Movies: DVD Size: 4481.33MB Added: 2009-02-25 18:40:04
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