Aside from its status as one of the leaders in Lyme disease research, over 60% of the facility's portfolio comprises HIV/AIDS research. But the the center has sparked controversy over the years, too.

On October 24, scientists from around the world will come to San Antonio to discuss how testing on monkeys might one day lead to an AIDS cure. They’ll be talking baboons, macaques, and vervets at the ...

Upon seeing this week’s cover of the Houston Press, there aren’t too many people who would take up the “fry ’em with radiation, stick ’em in a cage and study ’em” mantle. Squirrel monkeys are cute and ...

A years-long White Coat Waste campaign exposed waste, fraud and abuse at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), saved ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — At the state Capitol, lawmakers heard passionate testimony regarding dogs and cats — but mostly monkeys — on Tuesday. Members of the House Committee on Emergency Management, General ...

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine welcomes the historic decision by the Dutch Senate to phase out public funding for primate experiments at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to begin replacing animal testing in drug development with “more effective, human-relevant methods”, including AI models and lab-based ...

YEMASSEE, S.C. (WCIV) — 24 of the 43 primates that escaped a testing facility in Yemassee last week, have been recovered according toAlpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard. As of 5 p.m. Nov. 10, ...

South Carolina news has been circling the globe recently: On Nov. 6, 43 primates escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee. As of Tuesday, 39 of the escaped monkeys had been ...

After authorities busted an attempt to smuggle 1,000 macaque monkeys into the US through Dulles airport, WJLA is trying to track down where they are being held. LOS ANGELES - World-renowned ethologist ...