Contributions

  • Pankevich, Diane E. - Contributor
  • Shelton-Davenport, Marilee K. - Contributor
  • Kahn, Jeffrey P. - Contributor
  • Committee on the Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research (U.S.) - Contributor

Publication

2011 - National Academies Press, Washington, DC, District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

47,500 words, Guess

Page Count

190 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780309220392
  • Better World BooksP8-AQH-164
  • Open LibraryOL25324692M

Classifications

  • LCCR853.A53 C48 2011

Description

"For many years, experiments using chimpanzees have been instrumental in advancing scientific knowledge and have led to new medicines to prevent life-threatening and debilitating diseases. However, recent advances in alternate research tools have rendered chimpanzees largely unnecessary as research subjects. The Institute of Medicine, in collaboration with the National Research Council, conducted an in-depth analysis of the scientific necessity for chimpanzees in NIH-funded biomedical and behavioral research. The committee concludes that while the chimpanzee has been a valuable animal model in the past, most current biomedical research use of chimpanzees is not necessary, though noted that it is impossible to predict whether research on emerging or new diseases may necessitate chimpanzees in the future"--Publisher description.

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