How to Use rhesus monkey in a Sentence

rhesus monkey

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  • She and Able, a rhesus monkey, returned to earth healthy and were treated as celebrities.
    — Kelly Kazek | [email protected], AL.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The molecule also appeared to boost the health of graying rhesus monkeys.
    — Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 8 June 2023
  • Such feedback loops have been well documented in birds, mice, cats and rhesus monkeys.
    — Robert J. Shiller, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
  • In a new study published in the journal Neuron, the researchers finally succeeded—at least in rhesus monkeys.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Fifty rhesus monkeys living in outdoor pens year-round were exposed to a prolonged period of wildfire smoke as infants in 2008.
    — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2020
  • In the 1950s, the American psychologist Harry Harlow took young rhesus monkeys from their mothers and found that the youngsters became reclusive.
    — Benedict Carey, New York Times, 18 June 2018
  • Visitors can find fish like gar and bluegill, several varieties of birds, turtles, alligators and even non-native rhesus monkeys that still live around the spring.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 22 July 2019
  • But at a minimum, the authors have shown the following: in both humans and rhesus monkeys, neurons in the cingulate cortex employ a richer neural code than neurons in the amygdala.
    — Ryan Dalton, Scientific American, 2 July 2019
  • The vaccine also protected 67 percent of rhesus monkeys exposed to a simian virus similar to HIV, according to the researchers.
    — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2019
  • When primates take taurine The team then turned to one of human’s closest living relatives, rhesus monkeys, to model how taurine would affect aging in humans.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 8 June 2023
  • In tests with a wild rhesus monkey, for example, researchers put their fingers in the previously aggressive animal’s mouth and watched its jaw remain slack.
    — Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2019
  • His team recently completed a 25-year study of calorie restriction in rhesus monkeys.
    — Megan Molteni, WIRED, 22 Mar. 2018
  • In 1970, White famously transplanted one rhesus monkey head onto the body of another monkey.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The long list of animals known to have been infected by canine distemper includes rhesus monkeys, pandas, American black bears, South American jaguars and even seals.
    — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • During its commercial ownership, Silver Springs became home to jungle boat cruises (with wild rhesus monkeys that still exist around the spring), a Jeep wilderness trail ride and a giraffe exhibit.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 22 July 2019
  • Researchers have found that male rhesus monkeys who tend to shun group play, mutual grooming and other social activities have a subtle thing in common with boys who have an autism spectrum disorder.
    — Melissa Healy, latimes.com, 3 May 2018
  • More recent excavations of Bo’s tomb yielded golden eagles, sika deer and rhesus monkeys.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Much of his basic research involved rhesus monkeys, whose neural systems closely resemble those of humans.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Among rhesus monkeys like Orange and her troop, this expression is 100 percent unidirectional: It is given by the subordinate to the dominant, never the other way around.
    — Frans De Waal, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2019
  • The rhesus monkey experiments contributed to research that White hoped could lead to human head transplants -- a Frankenstein-esque idea that raises endless ethical questions.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 15 Mar. 2021
  • A decade later, Tulane University transplant surgeon Keith Reemtsma placed both kidneys from a rhesus monkey into a 32-year-old-woman in renal failure.
    — Joshua Mezrich, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2019
  • The vaccine reduced tuberculosis infections by 70 percent in rhesus monkeys, according to a paper published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine.
    — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 15 Jan. 2018
  • But recent laboratory tests found that rhesus monkeys were far more likely to survive high doses of radiation if injected with Leukine 48 hours after exposure.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2018
  • Bavari and other government scientists were co-authors of an article in the scientific journal Nature that described its discovery and successful tests in the government's rhesus monkeys.
    — Author: Christopher Rowland, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2020
  • Productivity In several animal studies in aged beagles, mice, and rhesus monkeys, researchers have noted that adrafinil led to increases in locomotion, or movement and activity [3, 4, 5, 6].
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023

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