<i>Photo credit: Marine Biomedical Program, Mote Marine Laboratory<br>Cells from the peripheral blood of a clearnose skate, Raja eglanteria.</i> <p><b>Marine Biomedical Program:</b> The ultimate goal of this program is to use results from current studies to contribute to a better understanding of health problems in higher animals, including humans, and/or to benefit the wild populations of the particular organism studied. A major research effort in the program is directed at understanding why sharks and their skate and ray relatives have a low incidence of disease.</p> <p><B>Marine Immunology Program:</b> The program focuses on basic and applied immunological research of marine animals. Basic research efforts contribute to a better understanding of comparative vertebrate immune function as well as phylogenetic insights into human immunity.<p><p><h3><a href=http://www.mote.org/sharks target='_new'>Please visit the Center for Shark Research General Website at www.mote.org/sharks</a></h3></p>