Russian Institute Of Medical Primatology
The Russian Institute of Medical Primatology (RIMP) () near Sochi (originally the Sukhum Primate Station, established at Sukhumi, Sukhum, Abkhasia, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgia SSR in 1927) is a historically significant biomedical research center. The Sukhumi site was "the oldest medical primate center in the world." The Sochi facility has microbiology, anatomy, pathology, cancer biology, and "colony management and behavior" laboratories and is situated on a site that includes indoor and outdoor enclosures for the monkeys. History and research The first primate colony arrived at the site on August 24, 1927. Since that time the lab has been major biomedical research facility. The station hosted a primate nursery and supplied primates to over 50 research institutions. Some 20 species of animal were researched over the course of the lab's existence to date. The primates at the lab were used for important antibiotic, vaccine and radiobiological testing. A 1956 visit ...
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