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Published online 21 May 2008 | Nature 453, - (2008) | doi:10.1038/453439a
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US plans more primate research
HIV and clinical research drive up demand for experiments.
Scientists in the United States are planning for an increase of non-human primate research.
Currently, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds eight National Primate Research Centers with a total of about 26,000 animals.
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I'm tired of people abusing animals. What's wrong with these folks?
I agree, and what is especially irritating is that the science behind animal testing is not very good. Animal models are actually a poor way to test drugs, especially HIV. Perhaps it is time for the US to follow Europe, where testing on great apes is illegal and animal testing in general is utilized much less. Animals are supposedly used for testing human substances because they are similar to humans, and yet testing is justified by claiming that animals and humans are very different. Is it really logical that a species can be similar enough that testing is (supposedly) useful, yet different enough that it is moral?
Ditto. We have the intelligence and ingenuity to alleviate our own suffering without transferring it onto an innocent other.