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Article: 'Monkey Wars' author probes feud over use of primates in research. (Originated from Orange County Register)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- November 14, 1994
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Peer into the eyes of an ape or monkey and you might feel a shiver of recognition. Their genetic makeup is similar to that of humans, especially in chimpanzees, where the difference is less than 2 percent.
This similarity makes primates a good model for medical research and has helped lead to human vaccines for polio and hepatitis B, and drugs for rubella and schizophrenia. Scientists also refined cornea and organ transplants in humans by experimenting on primates.
Until the early 1980s, few people questioned the nature of such research. But with the ascent of the animal-rights movement, such groups as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have accused researchers ...
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Article: Primate research slow but not stopped: Specially ...
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);
March 13, 2006 ;
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... ... Mike Lafferty Mar. 13--The OSU Primate Research Center hasn't housed an ape or monkey ... medical research at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta and the Southwest ... cross the threshold of Ohio State's Primate Research Center. "Everyone wants investigators ...
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