European Citizens' Initiative "Stop Vivisection" wants to override European Directive and stop animal testing

Leibnizpreisträger Prof. Tobias Moser, Neurowissenschaftler und Ohrenarzt, erläutert seine preisträchtige Forschung und warum er zur Entwicklung von besseren Cochlea-Implantaten auf Forschung mit Weißbüschelaffen angewiesen ist.

Franziska Dahlmann löst Sascha Knauf ab und wird am DPZ vor allem Fragen zu Asthma bearbeiten

Neurobiologe der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen und Leiter einer Arbeitsgruppe am Deutschen Primatenzentrum erhält 2015 den wichtigsten deutschen Forschungspreis. Moser erforscht Probleme des Gehörs mit neurowissenschaftlichen Methoden und arbeitet an der Verbesserung von Cochlea-Implantaten.

Stefan Treue, director of the German Primate Center (DPZ), gave an interview to radiostation Stadtradio Göttingen, which was be broadcasted on Friday, December 12th. Treue explains, why animal research with monkeys only is a minute part of all research relying on animals and why they are irreplaceable.

The first of two new imaging devices was delivered to the German Primate Center (DPZ) on Monday, November 10th. With the help of a large crane, a lot of precision work and muscle strength, the device was moved into its specially constructed building. The scanner weighs twelve tons, costs nearly two million euros and starting in spring 2015, it will provide first images of the brains of primates.

The European and American neuroscience societies FENS and SfN emphasize in a joint statement the importance of non-human primates for biomedical research.

Decrease from 1796 to 1686 / Only every thousandth animal a monkey

The current report of the UN's UNAIDS programme about the immuno-deficiency disease stresses a number of improvements in the fight against AIDS. These are in part due to achievements in AIDS-therapy which were gained by biomedical science basing on animal experiments.