Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Assessing the Necessity

Committee on the Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Institute of Medicine (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2012
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-22039-2 (ISBN)

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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.

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 Appendix A: References; 4 Appendix B: Commissioned Paper: Comparison of Immunity to Pathogens in Humans, Chimpanzees, and Macaques; 5 Appendix C: Information-Gathering Agendas; 6 Appendix D: Committee Biographies

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.1.2012
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 280 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Orthopädie
Themenwelt	Technik ► Medizintechnik
ISBN-10	0-309-22039-4 / 0309220394
ISBN-13	978-0-309-22039-2 / 9780309220392
Zustand	Neuware