I'm Bob Doughty. And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week,we will tell about a study involving monkeys and a gene from jellyfish.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

Scientists at the University of Minnesota and the National Cancer Institute in the United States tested the gel on female monkeys.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

They opened it with Fink's Mules, and Major Doughty's dogs came out, then Manny's Monkeys, then Powers' Dancing Elephants."

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Mister Weindruch says not only is life extended in the monkeys that eat less, but their quality of life is also improved.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

But they believe there is a helpful change in the way the body processes energy in the monkeys that eat fewer calories.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

Mister Weindruch says his study is not complete and that his team will continue to observe the remaining monkeys throughout their lives.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

In addition,there is also a difference in the appearance of calorie-restricted monkeys and those on a normal diet.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

The monkeys that ate fewer calories look younger and healthier than fatter monkeys on an unrestricted diet.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

In some areas there, monkeys play in the tops of mangroves thirty meters tall and dolphins swim in the waters of mangrove forests.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

Naturally enough, the researchers also wanted to learn if music written for people would interest the monkeys.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

This time,however, the calls came from a colony of monkeys kept at the University of Wisconsin.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

Some critics say more research is needed to prove that calorie restriction extends life in monkeys.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

His thirty-second pieces of monkey music also used sounds about as long as the monkeys' calls.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

The scientists say the monkeys represent an important step in how researchers study human disease.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

That is exactly what happened. The monkeys reacted calmly when they heard the calming music.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

They tested the effects of calorie restriction in seventy-six rhesus monkeys over twenty years.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

This week,we tell about how thin monkeys live longer than fat ones, how aspirin can help colon cancer patients and some new information about Tyrannosaurus rex.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

As part of the project, Mister Teie studied recorded calls of cotton-top tamarin monkeys.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

The researchers found that thirty-seven percent of the monkeys that ate as much as they wanted had died of causes related to aging after twenty years.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

Mister Teie developed short musical pieces containing sounds similar to the monkeys' own expressions.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

The monkeys that ate less had half the amount of heart disease and cancer.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

In comparison, only thirteen percent of the monkeys on restricted diets had died.

VOA: special.2009.09.01