In the battle against opioid addiction, a groundbreaking development has emerged: a novel vaccine designed to combat oxycodone addiction. This innovative vaccine has shown promise by generating antibodies in the…

Every day, the seven National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs) conduct and enable collaborative research studies to improve human and animal health. For more than five years now, we’ve been sharing…

Many previous studies explain how exposure to certain environmental substances during pregnancy may affect your baby’s health. Toxic substances increase the risk for congenital disabilities, low birth weight, prematurity, and…

When you think of Rhesus macaques, one typically doesn’t feel that it has an innate ability to sense the internal state of its own body, like observing the quickening of…

Adolescents may face many challenges throughout their teenage years, from depression and poor body image to loneliness and even substance abuse. To help address and limit these concerns, researchers are…

The road to addiction recovery might become a little less rocky, thanks to a recent study by researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. Researchers suggest the drug fasudil,…

An estimated 15.1 million adults in the United States have Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), a chronic brain disease characterized by compulsive alcohol use. This includes approximately 6.2 percent of all…

Kids can inherit their parents’ eye color, hair type, and even bone structure. But can genetics also explain a child’s anxiety levels? Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) investigated…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 1 in 10 U.S. school-aged kids have received an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, diagnosis. That’s 6.4…