Oregon National Primate Research Center
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The Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) is one of eight federally funded National Primate Research Centers[1] in the United States and has been affiliated with Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) since 1998.[2]
The center is located on 350 acres of land west of Portland, Oregon, in Beaverton. Originally known as the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center (ORPRC), it was the first of the original seven primate centers established by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Oregon National Primate Research Center maintains a monkey colony (consisting of rhesus monkeys, Japanese snow monkeys, vervets, baboons and cynomolgus macaques),[3] which, as of 2006, included over 3600 animals [4] used to conduct basic and applied biomedical research in fertility control, early embryo development, women's health, brain development and degeneration, and newly emerging viruses, especially AIDS-related agents.[5]
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- ^ National Primate Research Centers (webpage). National Institutes of Health (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
- ^ About ONPRC: History at a Glance (webpage). Oregon Health Sciences University (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
- ^ Caring for our Animals:Our primates (webpage). Oregon Health Sciences University (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
- ^ Caring for our Animals (webpage). Oregon Health Sciences University (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
- ^ About ONPRC: Mission (webpage). Oregon Health Sciences University (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
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