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Primate Medical Science Lab
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A lab that uses primates in medical research, aiming to control diseases.
AboutAbout the lab
Using primates to work toward controlling disease
The Primate Medical Science Lab is a cooperative graduate school field of the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, and is based at the National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition.
The institute's Research Center for Primate Medical Science conducts medical research using primates across a broad range, from basic research to putting the results to practical use in medicine.
With disease control as its ultimate goal, the center also works on creating disease models and on vaccine development.
The center has labs for infectious diseases, genetic diseases, reproduction, and genome analysis.
Key terms
- Disease model
- An animal given the characteristics of a particular disease, used to study how the disease works and how to treat it.
- Assisted reproductive technology
- Technologies that help achieve pregnancy by means other than natural mating, such as artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization.
- MCM
- Abbreviation for medical countermeasures for infectious disease crises. A general term for drugs and other products used to respond to infectious disease crises.
ResearchResearch themes
Research using primates covers a broad range, from basic research to practical use in medicine, with disease control as the ultimate goal. The center works on everything from building the foundations for primate-based research to creating disease models and developing vaccines.
*Illustrative imageInfectious disease models and drug development
Beginning with the development of infectious disease models using non-human primates, the lab analyzes the pathology of various infectious diseases and works to elucidate how they develop. It also develops, and provides support for, medical countermeasures (MCM) for infectious disease crises, toward their practical use.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping models of genetic diseases
The lab identifies, develops, and analyzes disease models in primates, such as those of genetic diseases. It aims to elucidate the mechanisms of disease and to develop new diagnostic and treatment methods.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping primate breeding technology
Cynomolgus macaques with distinctive traits are important research resources in medical research. To maintain such individuals across generations, the lab develops efficient breeding technologies that use assisted reproductive technologies such as artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis of immune-related genes
The lab analyzes genomic information, especially the diversity of immune-related genes, mainly in primates. It works to elucidate the genetic factors involved in susceptibility to diseases and infectious diseases, and to build the foundation for primate models that are useful in medical research.
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Orf virus 2” User:Graham Beards / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Infectious disease models and drug development: “Macaca fascicularis in Tarutao National Marine Park” Rushen; Owner: Thai National Parks / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Developing models of genetic diseases: “Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta mulatta), male, Gokarna” Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Developing primate breeding technology: “Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Labuk Bay” Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Analysis of immune-related genes: “MHC classe 1 i 2” BQmUB2011048 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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