The Biomedical Primate Research Centre ( BPRC ) is Europe's largest primate animal testing research centre. It is a scientific research institute that performs research that contributes to the identification and development of new medicines against deadly diseases. It is located in Rijswijk ( South Holland ) and employs about 110 people.
3-599: BPRC may refer to: Biomedical Primate Research Centre Byrd Polar Research Center British Powerboat Racing Club Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title BPRC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BPRC&oldid=335323464 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
6-797: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Biomedical Primate Research Centre The BPRC is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Before it became an independent foundation on December 7, 1994, it was part of the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research . The main research areas are Immunobiology, Parasitology, Virology, Ethology and Alternatives for Animal Research. The BPRC houses rhesus macaques and marmosets to be used in biomedical research involving AIDS , malaria , hepatitis , tuberculosis and auto-immune diseases. In 2002
9-520: The Dutch government forbade any further testing on chimpanzees , though it allowed trials already in progress to end. In 2015, BPRC was reported to use about 200 monkeys a year for experiments. Protestors gather regularly in front of the BPRC gates and there are calls in the Dutch parliament to close the centre. In September 2018, undercover images showed animal abuse at this center leading to questions in
#712287