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Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies

San Antonio Nathan Shock Center for Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging

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Director: Arlan G. Richardson, PhD
The San Antonio Nathan Shock Center was one of the original Shock Centers founded by the NIH National Institute on Aging in 1995. The Center is a national resource that provides a state-of-the-art scientific infrastructure and services used in the development and study of rodent models to address questions about the basic biological mechanisms of aging. The Center also promotes the scientific study of aging by sponsoring seminars, conferences, and pilot grant awards focused on the basic biology of aging.

Comparative Biology of Aging Center

Director: Steven N. Austad, PhD
The San Antonio Comparative Biology of Aging Center (SACBAC) is a multi-institutional research center established to promote and facilitate basic aging research. It employs nontraditional, exceptionally informative, animal species to investigate cellular and molecular mechanisms that modulate the rate of aging. Participating institutions are the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), and the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR).

Intervention Testing Program

Director: Randy Strong, PhD
Co-director: James Nelson, PhD
The Interventions Testing Program (ITP) is funded by the Biology of Aging Program of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to evaluate treatment strategies likely to prevent or delay adverse age-dependent changes in cells and tissues, and to diminish the burden of disease in old age. Interventions considered for the program include, but are not limited to, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, plant extracts, hormones, chelators, and redox agents.

Marmoset Aging Center

marmosetDirector: Suzette D. Tardif, PhD
The Marmoset Aging Center has established a specific-pathogen free, barrier-maintained colony of marmosets — a unique primate model for the study of aging and age-related disease. The Center is the only facility in the world that maintains marmosets under barrier conditions, to promote excellent health and produce large numbers of aged animals for research.

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