Nonhuman Primates: A Critical Role in Current Disease Research

Open Access

1 January 2001

journal article
review article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in ILAR Journal

Vol. 42 (2) , 74-84
https://doi.org/10.1093/ilar.42.2.74

Abstract

This review article emphasizes the critical role of nonhuman primates (NHPs) in biomedical research. It focuses on the most recent contributions that NHPs have made to the understanding, treatment, and prevention of important infectious diseases (e.g., acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, hepatitis, malaria) and chronic degenerative disorders of the central nervous system (e.g., Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases). The close phylogenetic relation of NHPs to humans not only opens avenues for testing the safety and efficacy of new drugs and vaccines but also offers promise for evaluating the potential of new gene-based treatments for human infectious and genetic diseases.

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