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Nonhuman Primates and Medical Research
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Nonhuman Primates and Medical Research focuses on the contributions of nonhuman primates to biomedical research. The selection first elaborates on monkeys and yellow fever, cell cultures, and tuberculosis and bacterial infection. Discussions focus on bacterial diseases, tuberculosis, radiobiology, antibody formation and pharmacologic studies, cell-culture media and methods, the rhesus monkey and early history of yellow fever research, and monkeys and yellow fever in the future. The text then elaborates on virus research, models for investigation in parasitology, and primates as organ donors in transplantation studies in man. The manuscript examines the importance of monkeys for the study of malignant tumors in man; use of primates in cardiovascular research; and humanlike diseases in anthropoid apes. Topics include etiology of humanlike disease in anthropoid apes, atherosclerosis, historical aspects of primate research, selection of a suitable primate, and preeclampsia. The text also ponders on primate studies and human evolution and mental retardation. The selection is a valuable reference for researchers interested in the contributions of nonhuman primates to biomedical research.
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- Front Cover
- Nonhuman Primates and Medical Research
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1. Monkeys and Yellow Fever
- Chapter 2. Monkeys and Malaria
- Chapter 3. Cell Cultures
- Chapter 4. Tuberculosis and Bacterial Infection
- Chapter 5. Virus Research
- Chapter 6. Models for Investigation in Parasitology
- Chapter 7. Primates as Organ Donors in Transplantation Studies in Man
- Chapter 8. The Importance of Monkeys for the Study of Malignant Tumors in Man
- Chapter 9. The Use of Primates in Cardiovascular Research
- Chapter 10. Humanlike Diseases in Anthropoid Apes
- Chapter 11. Cross-Circulation between Humans in Hepatic Coma and Chimpanzees
- Chapter 12. The Cape Chacma Baboon in Surgical Research
- Chapter 13. Degenerative Diseases
- Chapter 14. Modeling of Neurogenic Disease in Monkeys
- Chapter 15. Development of a Brain Prosthesis
- Chapter 16. Visual Refractive Characteristics and the Subhuman Primate
- Chapter 17. Contribution of Primate Research to Sensory Physiology
- Chapter 18. Performance Studies in Biomedical Research
- Chapter 19. The Importance of Nonhuman Primate Studies of Learning and Related Phenomena for Understanding Human Cognitive Development
- Chapter 20. Mental Retardation
- Chapter 21. Primate Studies and Human Evolution
- Chapter 22. The Primate Research Center Program of the National Institutes of Health
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