title: Research chimpanzees may get a break.
abstract: A recent report by the Institute of Medicine leaves few urgent reasons standing for the continued use of chimpanzees in biomedical research. It is high time to think about their retirement, Frans de Waal argues, without neglecting prospects for non-invasive research on behavior, cognition, and genetics.
authors.affiliation: Living Links, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. dewaal@emory.edu
authors.forename: Frans B M
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: de Waal
mesh_terms: D035661:Animal Care Committees / Q000458:organization & administration; D032761:Animal Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D003071:Cognition; D009014:Morals; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology* / Q000821:virology; D014481:United States