Macaque

Tetra the monkey was a female monkey born in October 1999. Tetra is a rhesus macaque and was cloned by the process of embryo splitting. Tetra was the first primate cloned. “Cloning is a cell, cell product or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.” Researchers and institution Tetra was created in the Oregon National Primate Research Centre in Portland, United States of America by a team that was led by Professor Gerald Schatten. Professor…

“What is more important? Man or Monkeys” this was the question asked by the Chairman of Kerala State Electricity Board, in 1970. The incident dates back to the days when Silent Valley protection movement was at peak. Save Silent Valley was a movement to save the Silent valley, an evergreen forest in Kerala, in 1973. The campaign was designed to save the Silent Valley from being flooded due to construction of Hydro-electric power plant in that very place by Kerala State Electricity Board. This…

To start this experiment, two microcentrifuge tubes were exposed to different ingredients. One was labeled “+DNA,” the other with “-DNA.” They were both filled with different bacteria. More specifically, the “+DNA” tube had pGFP in it and included a plasmid. Included on that plasmid were two genes: gfp (gene for green fluorescent protein) and an ampicillin resistant gene. The gfp gene makes cells glow and the resistant gene fights against ampicillin, which kills cells. This plasmid DNA was…

findings prove that with this material, the Archaic Homo sapiens did partake in cannibalistic activities. Cannibalism was not the only way that Archaic Homo sapiens acquired their food. “Abundant fauna and flora recovered from Bilzingsleben include macaques, forest elephants, steppe and forest rhinoceros, bison, deer, large horses, wild oxen, and bears” (Conroy and Pontzer 460). At many sites, the medium or large fauna found were gazelles, boars, and deer, and smaller fauna found in many…

Animal testing has been carried out by researchers for many years all over the world for medical advancement and products. Animal rights activists and researchers robustly debate both sides of animal testing. Involuntary animals are tortured and killed in an inhumane way to benefit humans. The malicious treatment of animals for research is unprincipled. The problem in using animals for research is they have no voice or rights to decline the unethical torture and suffering they endure in an…

5. Elephants Elephants are considered one of the most intelligent animals on earth. It is believed that their intelligence stems from the fact that the neocortex portion of their brain is highly convoluted, which makes it similar to the brains of humans and apes. It has recently been discovered that some African elephants may warn one another about the presence of humans with a specific ‘word.’ They accomplish this by manipulating their vocal tract. They also have a ‘word’ to warn one another…

one of the most failed experiment is the AIDS antibiotic. Scientists had been researching the AIDS cure more than twenty years, but until now it has not been found. A significant amount of vaccines had been tested on apes, such as chimpanzees or macaque monkeys, and the results were positive and the disease could have been prevented and cured; however, when those antibiotics were injected into a human subject, the effects were not similar and the patients could not restore their health (Langley…

Animals have been used repeatedly in the past for biomedical research, in recent years animal testing has been under severe criticism by animal rights groups. Laws have been passed in many countries in order to make animal testing more ‘humane’ but many argue that the benefit to humans is not worth the torture to these defenseless animals. Scientists William Russel and Rex Burch publish a book titled “The principles of Humane Experimental Technique” in 1959 where they expressed their concerns…

scratch and come up with a new one. So far they have found that a vaccine provided was successful when it was exposed to hydrogen peroxide, however there is currently no humans being tested for what helps with this disease, but scientists are using macaque monkeys which are closely related to us. “Findings in nonhuman primates are always significant,”…

of DNA responsible for regulating genes was matched with human DNA. That means every time any type of medicine, cosmetic product or any other product tested on mice that appears to be safe only has a 50% chance of being safe for humans. Cynomolgus macaque monkeys, the most commonly used species of monkeys used to test drug safety, are resistant to doses of acetaminophen that would be deadly to humans. Aspirin is toxic to many animals, including cats, mice and rats, and would not be on pharmacy…