ORAU hosted a workshop sponsored by the NIH and ORAU to address the question, """"""""Is the Marmoset an Experimental Model forthe Study of Gastrointestinal Disease?"""""""". This program, held in April, 1984, considered the animal resource, colitis, and colon cancer in the cotton-topped marmoset. Participants discussed the overall value of the marmoset for the study of GI diseases. Many of the participants have initiated collaborative studies with ORAU to conduct the following studies involving the NCI animals: studies of coronavirus in the etiology of colitis; transformation of marmoset lymphocytes with HTLV-I and HTLV-II; studies of colon cancer; cytogenetic characterization of peripheral lymphocytes of marmosets; and determination of relative susceptibility of these marmosets to developing colon cancer.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Division of Cancer Epidemiology And Genetics (NCI)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01CP021004-008
Application #
3627248
Study Section
Project Start
1982-06-23
Project End
1985-06-22
Budget Start
1986-09-19
Budget End
1985-05-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1986
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Oak Ridge
State
TN
Country
United States
Zip Code
37831
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