National Swine Resource and Research Center Core (Years 21-25)
Official title: Resource Core for National Swine Resource and Research Center (NSRRC) Years 21-25
Funded at University of Missouri-Columbia · NIH-11397473 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This grant supports a central swine resource center that keeps, quality-controls, and freely shares pig models and biological materials to help researchers study cardiovascular and infectious diseases.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Missouri-Columbia NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Columbia, United States) |
| Project start | September 1, 2003 |
| Project end | July 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $1,353,426 |
| NIH project number | 5U42OD011140-24 |
| Project ID | NIH-11397473 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Not applicable to patients directly; this grant serves researchers using pig models that may lead to future human health advances.
✕Less likely to help
Patients are not directly recruited or involved in this grant.
What this research studies
If you work with pig models to study heart disease or contagious illnesses, this resource center could be a critical partner. It imports, stores, and distributes swine tissues, cells, embryos, and live animals to many researchers while maintaining health and genetic quality. The center also provides training and hosts workshops to improve how pigs are used in medical research. By reducing the burden of sharing materials, it helps scientists focus on their studies and accelerates progress toward better treatments. The core has a long history of supplying well-characterized animals and resources to the NIH swine community.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: Access to high-quality swine models and biological materials could speed up research on cardiovascular and infectious diseases in humans.
How similar studies have gone: Historically, centralized repositories have enabled rapid distribution of validated animal resources across many institutions with positive outcomes.
Where this research is happening
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University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Prather, Randall S — University of Missouri-Columbia
- Study coordinator: Prather, Randall S
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.