A Primate Model for the Study of Colitis and Colonic Carcinoma The Cotton-Top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
Publisher: CRC
Published: July 6, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780849353635
Subjects: Gastroenterology; Infectious & contagious diseases; Medical research; Oncology; Science/Mathematics; Gastrointestinal Cancer; Medical / Nursing; Saguinus oedipus; Medical / Research; Colitis; Animal models; Cancer; Colon (Anatomy); Cottontop tamarin; Diseases
First sentence: Due to its unique natural history and physiology, the cotton-top tamarin is one of the most important primate models for biomedical research, and has been used for laboratory research on numerous maladies, from Epstein-Barr virus to colitis and colon cancer.