- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Yerkes National Primate Research Center
- Creator:
- Chasteen, Deborah
- Date of Original:
- 2006-07-14
- Subject:
- Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Emory University
Research institutes--Georgia--Atlanta
Research--Georgia--Atlanta
Primates--Research
National Institute of Health (U.S.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. The Yerkes National Primate Research Center is one of eight U.S. national research centers sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the biomedical and behavioral study of nonhuman primates. Each center is affiliated with an academic institution; Yerkes is administered by Emory University in Atlanta as part of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center and is funded by grants through the National Center for Research Resources Division of the NIH. The close resemblance between the behavioral and biological functions of nonhuman primates and humans makes nonhuman primate research crucial in developing treatment and prevention strategies for human health disorders.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/yerkes-national-primate-research-center/
- Language:
- eng
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- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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