Animal Research Ethics Humane Primates 
Critter News
JUNE 3, 2009
Viral DNA was used to introduce a gene for a green fluorescent protein into monkeys, creating a new line of "glow-in-the-dark" transgenic primates for drug research work. That would give drug makers a better animal model for preclinical studies as they try to determine a drug's chances of working in people.
Critter News
JUNE 16, 2010
From what I recall, chimpanzees share at least 95 percent of human DNA, although the number that floats around the most is 98.6 If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as "human rights"? The following is from The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan.
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Critter News
OCTOBER 24, 2009
Plus, are mice comparable to kids (although I would prefer mice subjects to primates who are so much more sensitive)? Whether intentionally or not, the title of the article catches the frivolity of the research."Don't However, it involved exposing rats to chemicals at levels that humans are usually not exposed to.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. But the animals suffering behind closed doors at AIIMS must endure this nightmare every day."
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