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Is it Ethical for Scientists to Create Nonhuman Primates with Brain Disorders?
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayIn early 2016, Nature published a letter from a group of Chinese researchers reporting that they had created rhesus macaques with “autism-like” behaviors. The macaque was bred with a mutation in the MeCP2 gene. Overexpression of MeCP2 is found in MeCP2 duplication syndrome, a disorder that shares...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Missing from NIH Primate Research Ethics Review: the Ethics
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayScientists acknowledge biological, behavioral, and psychological similarities between human and nonhuman primates; hence their use as proxies in biomedical research. At the same time, primates are denied many ethical considerations and basic protections afforded to humans participating in research. T...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
On a Radioactive Pig and Pope Francis
Read the PostBioethics Forum Essay“If you look through the red-tinted glass, you will see the radioactive pig,” said the director of animal laboratories at my university–let’s call her Susan–near the start of my tour of the facility. There on a concrete floor, within a steel cage, was a large solitary sow, lying on her side...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
Rats Have Empathy, But What About the Scientists Who Experiment on Them?
Read the PostBioethics Forum EssayDecades of experiments have shown that rats are smart individuals that feel pain and pleasure, care about one another, can read others’ emotions, and will help unfamiliar rats even at a cost to themselves. It’s time to apply what we’ve learned from these animals and stop conductin...Read the Post - Bioethics Forum Essay
As Chimp Research is Phased Out, Will Other Animal Research Decline?
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Good News for Chimpanzees in U.S. Labs
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