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- EIN 74-1109630
- (210) 258-9400
- Po Box 760549 San Antonio TX 78245-0549 USA
- www.txbiomed.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Diseases of Specific Organs Research, Health
Mission: Texas biomedical research institute is dedicated to improving the health of the global community through innovative biomedical research.
Programs: The southwest national primate research center provides animals that serve as resources to the research of texas biomed and other national instititutions. It also carries out research itself in the development of animals as research tool in human diseases.
the genetics department works to identify those genes and combination of genes linked to many complex human diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, malaria, mental illness, osteoporosis, and kidney disease.
the department of virology and immunology develops vaccines, diagnostic and surveillance strategies, and therapeutics against viral pathogens through basic and applied research. Researchers examine how viruses replicate and progagate so as to identify their weaknesses. They also study how the immune system recognizes a virus and how to best stimulate immune response to clear viral infection.
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