Medical Testing On Chimps

Is it time to end biomedical experiments on …

https://scienceline.org/2022/02/is-it-time-to-end-biomedical-experiments-on-monkeys/

Noting that experimenting on chimps and other large apes is already banned in most countries, including the U.S., they argue that the monkeys in medical …

Medical testing on chimpanzees no longer …

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The National Institutes of Health has decided that it will no longer allow its chimpanzees to be used for biomedical research for human health. NewsHour's …

Chimpanzees once used for biomedical testing find …

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Chimps are considered the smartest primate, the closest relatives to humans -- which is why the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana has used 220 of them for …

Animal testing on non-human primates - Wikipedia

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What happens to chimps used in medical …

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Biomedical research performed on chimpanzees and other animals also have led to …

Chimpanzees in Laboratories | PETA

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Pharmaceutical giant Merck infected chimpanzees with hepatitis C and subjected them to invasive liver biopsies and blood work. A contract testing laboratory called BIOQUAL …

Chimpanzees in Biomedical Research - Chimpanzee Sanctuary …

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Chimpanzees are very intelligent, have long memories, and suffer from the stress, confinement, and lack of mental stimulation that can occur in laboratory settings. There is …

Ban Chimp Testing - Scientific American

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Testing on chimps has been a huge boon for humans in the past, contributing to the discovery of hepatitis C and vaccines against polio and hepatitis B, among other …

Four ways chimps have helped medical …

https://www.statnews.com/2015/11/19/chimps-medical-research-nih/

At the Chimp Haven sanctuary in rural Louisiana — home to 186 chimps formerly used for biomedical research, entertainment, or as pets — around …

Why Chimpanzee-Testing in Medicine Had …

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A French man died last month and five others in the same clinical trial were hospitalized after they took an experimental drug. The drug had been deemed safe for …