Wisconsin National Primate Research Center

Over 60 years of life-saving research and humane animal care
Common marmosets in the WNPRC lobby vivarium (J. Lenon photo)

Common Marmosets in the Lobby Vivarium

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Marmoset blastocysts in under a microscope in James Thomson's lab in the mid-1990s (Photo by V. Marshall).

Marmoset Blastocysts from James Thomson's Groundbreaking Stem Cell Research in the 1990s

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Decades of WNPRC Discoveries

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The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center’s mission is to increase understanding of basic primate biology and to improve human and animal health and quality of life through research.

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