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It takes great minds to conduct great scientific research,
which makes SFBR's outstanding faculty its most precious resource.
However, for scientists to carry out the innovative research
projects that will lead to advancements in scientific understanding
and improved human health, they also need access to the proper
tools.
At SFBR, available research tools include a number of extraordinary
resources, several of which are unique in the world.
SFBR is perhaps best known for its world-class colony
of nonhuman primates. Because of their close similarity
to humans in genetics and physiology, these animals fill
a unique and critical role in efforts to understand human
health and disease.
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If scientists are going to develop vaccines or therapies
against bioterror agents and emerging diseases, they need
the safest laboratory in the world in which to study them.
Designed for maximum containment, BSL-4 labs offer a safe
environment for scientists to study deadly pathogens for
which there are no known treatments or vaccines.
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Today, SFBR is home to the world's largest computer cluster
devoted to statistical genetic analysis. Housed in the
SBC Genomics Computing Center, SFBR's "computer ranch"
currently contains 1,500 computer processors working in
parallel to crunch out the data necessary to help scientists
find disease-influencing genes.
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SFBR has been heavily involved in the development of medical
advances that give tiny premature babies a fighting chance
at survival, as well as improved quality of life once
they grow up. In doing so, researchers have access to
an SFBR resource that is one-of-a-kind: a neonatal intensive
care unit for premature baboons.
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Today SFBR is home to a fully pedigreed colony of 2,400
laboratory opossums, and it serves as a world center for
research with these animals and for producing them for
scientists around the globe.
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