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Feds limit use of chimps in medical research
The feds say they’re going to save the chimps — by banning most experimentation on the closest thing to a human in the animal world.
The National Institutes of Health policy unveiled Thursday comes in response to a panel’s finding that using the primates for research is usually unnecessary.
Because chimpanzees have genetic similarities to people and show a high level of intelligence, scientists have long prized them as subjects in biomedical research.
But NIH Director Francis Collins said it’s the animals’ close relationship to humans that “demands special consideration and respect.”
The National Institutes of Health policy unveiled Thursday comes in response to a panel’s finding that using the primates for research is usually unnecessary.
Because chimpanzees have genetic similarities to people and show a high level of intelligence, scientists have long prized them as subjects in biomedical research.
But NIH Director Francis Collins said it’s the animals’ close relationship to humans that “demands special consideration and respect.”
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