It was the feeling that induces a volunteer recruit to spend his last penny on drink, and a drunken man to smash mirrors or glasses for no apparent reason and knowing that it will cost him all the money he possesses: the feeling which causes a man to perform actions which from an ordinary point of view are insane, to test, as it were, his personal power and strength, affirming the existence of a higher,
nonhuman criterion of life.
Zoological Surrealism: The
Nonhuman Cinema of Jean Painleve
Now, researchers have developed a strategy to more easily study the early development of human neurons compared with the neurons of
nonhuman primates.
He challenges the idea, for instance, that
nonhuman primates are more useful for drug testing than rats or mice.
The
Nonhuman Rights Project filed a habeas corpus petition in state Supreme Court in Albion, Orleans County, on behalf of Happy, a 47-year-old elephant in the collection of the Bronx Zoo.
Collecting data from several species of
nonhuman primates (rhesus macaques, pigtail macaques, and marmosets), scientists found that 26 percent of female
nonhuman primates inoculated with Asian/ American Zika virus (ZIKV) in the early stages of pregnancy experienced miscarriage or stillbirth later, despite the fact that the animals showed few clinical signs of infection.
Did PETA's general counselreally respond to the verdict with this statement: The court reaffirmed that
nonhuman animals have the constitutional right to bring a case to federal court when they've been wronged, but the opinion still missed the point, which was that Naruto the macaque undeniably took the photos, and denying him the right to sue under the U.S.
Denali Therapeutics announced that it has commenced dosing of its small molecule inhibitor of RIPK1 in a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers and achieved proof of concept of its large molecule blood-brain barrier delivery platform technology in
nonhuman primates.
It's truly terrific that you have given us this fascinating interview with Lori Marino, prominent expert on the behavior and mentality of
nonhuman animals, as well as an advocate for treating animals always with due moral regard (Conversation, Summer 2017).