Our mission is to improve the health of our global community through innovative biomedical research with nonhuman primates.
About Us
The Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) is part of a network of National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs) that provide specialized technologies, capabilities and primate resources to investigators around the world.
Funded by the National Institutes of Health Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), SPNRC is a unit of Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed), a not-for-profit, independent research institute with a strong history of pioneering biomedical breakthroughs that have contributed to the world of science and human health for more than 80 years.
Philosophy
Committed to the national NPRC mission of discovering causes, prevention, treatments and cures, SNPRC aims to be a valuable and trusted resource for the biomedical research community. We have a reputation for excellence and maintain strict regulatory standards under all laws that govern nonhuman primates used in research. This highly-regulated research produces medical breakthroughs that save lives.
History
In 1999, the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) became the seventh National Primate Research Center (NPRC) and is the only NPRC with access to an on-site Biosafety Level 4 laboratory. SNPRC has one of the world’s largest pedigreed nonhuman primate populations comprised of more than 2,500 monkeys including marmoset, baboon and rhesus macaque breeding colonies.
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