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The CNPRC is a part of the National Primate Research Centers Program and is dedicated to improving human and animal health.

The CNPRC is one of eight such centers supported by the National Center for Research Resources, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The National Primate Research Centers are a unique resource for investigators studying human health and disease, offering the opportunity to assess the causes of disease, and new treatment methods in nonhuman primate models that closely recapitulate humans. Research performed at the CNPRC and other National Primate Research Centers provides necessary information before proceeding to clinical trials in humans, leading to new drugs, therapies and surgical procedures that benefit human health and quality of life.

 
Rhesus macaque juvenile
What's New

March 2009
Promise towards a cure for Alzheimer's and Parkinsons Disease with therapeutic delivery of entorhinal brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

May 2009
Temperament and health – early life temperament predicts symptoms of asthma later in life, possibly leading to preventing asthma in children.
  Calendar of Events

November 24, 2009
Lorena Navarro – “Identification of a molecular target for the Yersinia protein kinase A (Insights into the molecular mechanism of Yersinia pathogenesis)”


November 18-20, 2009
Annual Gene Therapy Symposium for Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases

 
Register now for the 27th Annual Symposium for Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS

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