Guinea Pig
Guinea pigs, resembling humans in bacterial infection symptoms and immune response, have aided research for over 200 years, advancing treatments for lung, ear, eye, artery, stomach, intestine diseases, including tuberculosis.
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Marmoset
The common marmoset, due to its size and similarities with humans, is crucial in safety, reproductive biology, neuroscience, and drug development studies. In multiple sclerosis research, its immunological likeness aids therapy development.
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About Us Come See Our World (CSOW) is your window into the world of life changing research involving animals. We invite you to see the animals that are integral to medical progress.Advancements in human and animal health would not be possible without these important animals, as well as…
Zebrafish
Zebrafish, sharing 70% of human genetics and having externally fertilized transparent embryos, serve as invaluable models for studying gene function and genetic diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy, aiding in drug development.
Primates
Home / Animal Groups / Primates Animal Group: Primates Nonhuman primates have a rich history of contributing to significant medical advances such as the polio vaccine, organ transplantation, blood transfusions, and surgical procedures to treat debilitating neurological symptoms like tremors and stiffness. Nonhuman primates are currently vital to…
Changes in mitochondrial DNA control how nuclear DNA mutations are expressed in cardiomyopathy
Greater understanding of these genetic interactions may eventually permit improved diagnostics and therapies for patients with cardiomyopathy
Baboon Playground
These baboons are needed as a model for a variety of studies, including research focused on understanding the genetics of complex diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders. These two baboons are males socially housed in a baboon corral with other male baboons. They are seated on…
AIDS vaccine using engineered herpes virus works in monkeys
Rhesus macaques have long been considered the prime model for AIDS vaccine research – as well as for understanding a host of other global infectious viruses such as Ebola, Zika, Dengue and malaria – because these monkeys’ immune systems are analogous to humans.
Ebola vaccine inches toward human clinical trials
A whole-virus vaccine to confront Ebola, the rare but often fatal hemorrhagic disease that periodically erupts in sub-Saharan Africa, may soon be one step closer to the clinic.
How Exercise Generates new Neurons and Improves Cognition in an Alzheimer’s Mouse Model
Physical exercise can “clean up” the environment, allowing new nerve cells to survive and thrive and improving cognition in the Alzheimer’s mice.