title: The End of Chimpanzee Research.
abstract: In June 2010, Rosie, a descendant of the chimpanzees sent into space, and thirteen others were shipped from New Mexico to a laboratory in Texas for possible use in hepatitis research. They were to be the first group of approximately two hundred chimpanzees to be reintroduced to invasive research. These chimpanzees had been in semiretirement for a decade after being removed from an enormous laboratory that was in egregious violation of the Animal Welfare Act. I, along with many bioethicists, scientists, primatologists, and others, have long been arguing against the use of chimpanzees in invasive research on ethical grounds. The United States is now poised to join the rest of the world in ending invasive research on our closest primate relatives.
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gruen
mesh_terms: D032761:Animal Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000941:ethics*; D000818:Animals; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D056727:Endangered Species; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D011323:Primates; D014481:United States