Chimpanzees in biomedical and behavioral research : assessing the necessity /

"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 rese...

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Corporate Author:	Committee on the Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Altevogt, Bruce M., Pankevich, Diane E., Shelton-Davenport, Marilee K., Kahn, Jeffrey P.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Chimpanzees as laboratory animals > Moral and ethical aspects. Chimpanzees as laboratory animals. Animal experimentation > Moral and ethical aspects. Research > Moral and ethical aspects. Animal models in research. Chimpanzees. Pan troglodytes. Animal Experimentation > ethics. Ethics, Research. Animal Testing Alternatives > ethics. Models, Animal. Animals, Laboratory.