Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research : Assessing the Necessity

✍ Scribed by National Research Council; Bruce M. Altevogt; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Life Sciences; Institute of Medicine; Board on Health Sciences Policy; Committee on the Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research; Jeffrey P. Kahn; Marilee K. Shelton-Davenport; Diana E. Pankevich

Publisher: National Academies Press
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 200
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

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